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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Ti Port-de-Paix in Haiti

Posted by admin on October 7, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 20.013S, -73.0058WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ti Port-de-Paix in Haiti on Saturday. The temblor was reported at 19:11:50 / 7:11 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us1000h8an. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h8an. Exact location of event, depth 15.26 km, -73.0058° West, 20.013° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 00:11:50 / October 7, 2018 @ 12:11 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.26 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Haiti (c. 9 649 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pignon, Trou du Nord, Saint-Raphaël. The epicenter was 20 km (12 miles) from Port-de-Paix (c. 250 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Okap (c. 134 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Gonayiv (c. 85 000 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Saint-Marc (c. 66 200 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Saint-Raphaël (c. 37 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Ti Port-de-Paix (c. 34 700 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Lenbe (c. 32 600 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Dessalines (c. 12 300 pop).

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. 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 in the same area.

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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 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: 20 km WNW of Ti Port-de-Paix, Haiti.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -73.0058° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 20.013° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km WNW of Ti Port-de-Paix, Haiti Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-07 00:11:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-07 00:35:38 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 47 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.89 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level yellow 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 672 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 1.625 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us1000h8an Id of event.
Event Code 1000h8an An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000h8an, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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