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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Yelizovo in Russia

Posted by admin on October 15, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.0649S, 159.4607WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 121 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia (75 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/10/18 / 2018-10-15 01:32:12 / October 15, 2018 @ 1:32 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 13:32:12 / 1:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 123.78 km (77 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 159.4607 East, latitude 54.0649 North, depth = 123.78 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000hc6k. Event ids that are associated: us1000hc6k.

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 four and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 121 km NE of Yelizovo, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 159.4607° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.0649° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 123.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 121km NE of Yelizovo, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-10-15 01:32:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-15 01:53:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 720 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 3.98 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 1.15 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 us1000hc6k Id of event.
Event Code 1000hc6k An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000hc6k, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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