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Moderate earthquake 5.6 mag, 216 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon

Posted by admin on July 24, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.8102S, -126.9153WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 216 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon (134 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/07/18 / 2018-07-24 14:44:52 / July 24, 2018 @ 2:44 pm. The 5.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:44:52 / 6:44 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near Gold Beach in Oregon (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 earthquake, longitude -126.9153 West, latitude 41.8102 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us2000gcpa. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000gcpa, at00pcdkys.

In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. 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: 216 km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -126.9153° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.8102° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 216km WSW of Gold Beach, Oregon Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-24 14:44:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-24 15:05:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -480 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 1 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 483 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,at, 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 2.044 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 169 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 us2000gcpa Id of event.
Event Code 2000gcpa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000gcpa,at00pcdkys, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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