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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Mostaganem in Algeria

Posted by admin on April 23, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.0144S, 0.0469WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Mostaganem in Algeria on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 15:48:52 / April 23, 2018 @ 3:48 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:48:52 / 4:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.01 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 0.0469° East, latitude 36.0144° North, depth = 8.01 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dqq7. Id of event: us1000dqq7.

Earthquake epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Oran (c. 646 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Mascara (c. 150 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Relizane (c. 130 100 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Mostaganem (c. 130 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Es Senia (c. 68 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Bir el Djir (c. 68 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Oued Rhiou (c. 59 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bou Tlelis, Ammi Moussa, Boukadir (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NNW of Mostaganem, Algeria. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 0.0469° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.0144° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.01 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NNW of Mostaganem, Algeria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-23 15:48:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-23 16:45:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 340 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.78 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 155 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000dqq7 Id of event.
Event Code 1000dqq7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dqq7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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