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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Nikol’skoye in Russia


Earthquake location 54.9207S, 164.6295WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 92 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (57 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000ivi9. Event ids that are associated: us2000ivi9. The temblor was reported at 05:30:59 / 5:30 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 164.6295 East, latitude 54.9207 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/12/18 / 2018-12-20 18:30:59 / December 20, 2018 @ 6:30 pm.

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

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 92 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 164.6295° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.9207° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 92km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-20 18:30:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-20 18:53:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 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 400 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 4.009 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 125 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 us2000ivi9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000ivi9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ivi9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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