Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, Southwest Indian Ridge

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 05:40:37 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 60.7026° East, -29.5255° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/18 / 2018-10-21 01:40:37 / October 21, 2018 @ 1:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000hf58. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hf58.

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Southwest Indian Ridge. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	60.7026° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-29.5255° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	Southwest Indian Ridge	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-10-21 01:40:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-10-21 02:01:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	240	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	0	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	536	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	9.45	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	us1000hf58	Id of event.
Event Code	1000hf58	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000hf58,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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