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Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Shikotan in Russia

Posted by admin on August 9, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.1176S, 146.9752WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 78 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia (48 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 146.9752° East, latitude 43.1176° North, depth = 48.46 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 48.46 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 00:14:20 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/08/18 / 2018-08-09 14:14:20 / August 9, 2018 @ 2:14 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000g5s0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g5s0. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 78 km SSE of Shikotan, Russia.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 146.9752° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.1176° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.46 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 78km SSE of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-09 14:14:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-09 14:31:10 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 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 3.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 170 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 us1000g5s0 Id of event.
Event Code 1000g5s0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g5s0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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