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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Scott Island Bank in Antarctica

Posted by admin on June 17, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -65.6202S, -176.7573WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 247 km NE of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica (153 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -176.7573 West, latitude -65.6202 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/06/19 / 2019-06-17 13:47:48 / June 17, 2019 @ 1:47 pm. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:47:48 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us600041rk. Event ids that are associated: us600041rk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 247 km NE of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -176.7573° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -65.6202° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 247km NE of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-17 13:47:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-17 14:09:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 0 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 449 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 13.233 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.53 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 109 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 us600041rk Id of event.
Event Code 600041rk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600041rk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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