Earthquakes today

Current and latest world earthquakes breaking news, activity and articles today

Earthquake breaking news, Moderate World Earthquakes Magnitude 5–5.9

Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Otrada in Russia


Earthquake location 44.5643S, 145.5939WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) strikes 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Otrada in Russia on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 145.5939 East, latitude 44.5643 North, depth = 8.03 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:26:03 / 5:26 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000i6sc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000i6sc. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.03 km (5 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/11/18 / 2018-11-04 19:26:03 / November 4, 2018 @ 7:26 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Close country/countries, Japan (c. 127 288 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 107 km (67 miles) from Shibetsu (c. 21 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (c. 6 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shibetsu, Yuzhno-Kuril’sk (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

Did you feel anything?

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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 59 km NNW of Otrada, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

Copyright © 2018 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.


More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 145.5939° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.5643° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 59km NNW of Otrada, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-04 19:26:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-04 19:51:41 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.61 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 2.198 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 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 us2000i6sc Id of event.
Event Code 2000i6sc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000i6sc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Leave a Reply