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Major earthquake: M7.1 quake has struck near Bristol Island in South Sandwich Islands

Posted by admin on December 11, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -58.5981S, -26.4656WA major earthquake magnitude 7.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 48 km N of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (30 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -26.4656° West, -58.5981° South, depth 164.66 km. The temblor was reported at 00:26:32 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 11/12/18 / 2018-12-11 02:26:32 / December 11, 2018 @ 2:26 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000isc8. Event ids that are associated: pt18345000, at00pjjw49, us2000isc8. A tsunami warning has been issued near Bristol Island in South Sandwich Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 164.66 km (102 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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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: 48 km N of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 7.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -26.4656° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -58.5981° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 164.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 48km N of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-11 02:26:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-11 02:44:00 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 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 4.78 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 1 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 776 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 ,pt,at,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 7.037 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us2000isc8 Id of event.
Event Code 2000isc8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18345000,at00pjjw49,us2000isc8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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