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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia


Earthquake location 46.9299S, 144.9983WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was reported 172 km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia (107 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 01/07/18 / 2018-07-01 20:45:42 / July 1, 2018 @ 8:45 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000ft89. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ft89. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 06:45:42 / 6:45 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 388.04 km (241 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 144.9983 East, latitude 46.9299 North, depth = 388.04 km.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 172 km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 144.9983° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.9299° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 388.04 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 172km E of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-01 20:45:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-01 21:07:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 2.4 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 482 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 1.533 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000ft89 Id of event.
Event Code 2000ft89 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ft89, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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