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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Posted by admin on July 17, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location -55.6789S, -27.6504WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 117 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (73 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 20.32 km (13 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us700046t6. Event ids that are associated: us700046t6. The temblor was picked up at 03:04:09 / 3:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -27.6504 West, latitude -55.6789 South, depth = 20.32 km. Global time and date of event 22/06/19 / 2019-06-22 05:04:09 / June 22, 2019 @ 5:04 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 117 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 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.6504° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -55.6789° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.32 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 117km 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 2019-06-22 05:04:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-07-17 10:49:50 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 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 312 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 5.278 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us700046t6 Id of event.
Event Code 700046t6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700046t6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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