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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag was detected near Polkowice in Poland

Posted by admin on July 20, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 51.5099S, 16.0978WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Polkowice in Poland on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:31:31 / 4:31 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g9is. Id of event: us2000g9is. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/07/18 / 2018-07-20 03:31:31 / July 20, 2018 @ 3:31 am. Exact location of event, longitude 16.0978 East, latitude 51.5099 North, depth = 5.43 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.43 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Oława, Bogatynia, Komorniki (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Wrocław (c. 634 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Wałbrzych (c. 127 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Zielona Góra (c. 118 400 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Legnica (c. 106 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Jelenia Góra (c. 87 300 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Lubin (c. 77 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Głogów (c. 68 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six 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. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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: 1 km ENE of Polkowice, Poland.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 16.0978° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5099° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.43 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km ENE of Polkowice, Poland Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-20 03:31:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-20 04:27:06 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 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 2.877 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us2000g9is Id of event.
Event Code 2000g9is An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000g9is, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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