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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Esso in Russia


Earthquake location 56.5958S, 158.7423WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 73 km N of Esso, Russia (45 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 67.98 km (42 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/05/18 / 2018-05-21 10:40:22 / May 21, 2018 @ 10:40 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.7423 East, latitude 56.5958 North, depth = 67.98 km. Unique identifier: us1000e993. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e993. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:40:22 / 10:40 pm (local time epicenter).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km N of Esso, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 158.7423° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 56.5958° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 67.98 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 73km N of Esso, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-21 10:40:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-21 11:25:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 400 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 3.547 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.43 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 110 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 us1000e993 Id of event.
Event Code 1000e993 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000e993, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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