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Strong earthquake, 6.5 mag has occurred near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Posted by admin on April 5, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -55.9323S, -27.8457WA earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 94 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (58 miles). A tsunami warning has been issued near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -27.8457° West, latitude -55.9323° South, depth = 58.41 km. The temblor was detected at 14:14:16 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 58.41 km (36 miles). Unique identifier: us2000kav9. Ids that are associated to the event: pt19095001, at00pphx3w, us2000kav9. Global time and date of event 05/04/19 / 2019-04-05 16:14:16 / April 5, 2019 @ 4:14 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 94 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.8457° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -55.9323° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 58.41 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the 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 2019-04-05 16:14:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-05 16:32:20 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 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 650 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 5.229 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 67 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 us2000kav9 Id of event.
Event Code 2000kav9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt19095001,at00pphx3w,us2000kav9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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