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Minor earthquake, 3.7 mag has occurred near Hollandale in Mississippi


Earthquake location 33.1988333S, -90.9326667WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Hollandale in Mississippi on Tuesday. Event id: nm60224502. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j1je, nm60224502. The temblor was reported at 16:26:33 / 4:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -90.9326667 West, latitude 33.1988333 North, depth = 15.9 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.9 km (10 miles). Global time and date of event 08/01/19 / 2019-01-08 22:26:33 / January 8, 2019 @ 10:26 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Greenwood, Cleveland, Yazoo City. Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Greenville (c. 34 400 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Greenwood (c. 15 200 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Cleveland (c. 12 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Yazoo City (c. 11 400 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Indianola (c. 10 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 9 km NW of Hollandale, Mississippi.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -90.9326667° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 33.1988333° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.9 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NW of Hollandale, Mississippi Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-08 22:26:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-08 23:00:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 37 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.467 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 224 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nm The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,nm, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.22 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mw The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nm60224502 Id of event.
Event Code 60224502 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j1je,nm60224502, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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