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Moderate earthquake 5.2 mag, 286 km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France


Earthquake location -40.3318S, 78.3567WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 286 km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France (178 miles). Event id: us70008yle. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008yle. Exact location of earthquake, 78.3567° East, -40.3318° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:07:48 / 5:07 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 00:07:48 / April 12, 2020 @ 12:07 am.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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: 286 km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 78.3567° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -40.3318° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 286km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-12 00:07:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-25 02:45:05 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 300 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 416 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 2.605 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 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 us70008yle Id of event.
Event Code 70008yle An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008yle, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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