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Moderate earthquake 5 mag, 264 km NNE of Amsterdam Island, France

Posted by admin on May 24, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -35.5465S, 78.3525WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 264 km NNE of Amsterdam Island, France (164 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 15:50:42 / May 24, 2018 @ 3:50 pm UTC/GMT. 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 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 78.3525 East, latitude -35.5465 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 20:50:42 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000ebb2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ebb2.

Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 264 km NNE of Amsterdam Island, France.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 78.3525° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -35.5465° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 264km NNE of Amsterdam Island, France Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-05-24 15:50:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-05-24 16:08:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 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 385 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 30.685 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us1000ebb2 Id of event.
Event Code 1000ebb2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ebb2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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