Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag strikes near Sidon in Lebanon

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Sidon in Lebanon on Saturday. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:42:51 / 7:42 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 27.7 km (17 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000i6lt. Event ids that are associated: us2000i6lt. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 17:42:51 / November 3, 2018 @ 5:42 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 34.9288 East, latitude 33.6755 North, depth = 27.7 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Lebanon (c. 4 125 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 57 km (36 miles) from Beirut (c. 1 916 100 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ra’s Bayrūt (c. 1 251 700 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sidon (c. 163 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Tyre (c. 135 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Nabatîyé et Tahta (c. 120 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Habboûch (c. 98 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Buqei‘a, Judeida Makr, ‘Akko (min 5000 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 42 km WNW of Sidon, Lebanon. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	34.9288° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.6755° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	27.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42km WNW of Sidon, Lebanon	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-11-03 17:42:51	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-04 06:15:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	2	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	211	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	1.693	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.6 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	132	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	us2000i6lt	Id of event.
Event Code	2000i6lt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000i6lt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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