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Moderate earthquake 5.9 mag, 29 km WSW of Grande Cache, Canada

Posted by admin on May 16, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 53.8282S, -119.575WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported 29 km WSW of Grande Cache, Canada (18 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.1 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -119.575° West, 53.8282° North, depth 9.1 km. All ids that are associated to the event: ak0206asm32z. Unique identifier: ak0206asm32z. The 5.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:37:52 / 6:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 16/05/20 / 2020-05-16 13:37:52 / May 16, 2020 @ 1:37 pm UTC/GMT.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. 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 in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 29 km WSW of Grande Cache, Canada.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -119.575° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 53.8282° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.1 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 29km WSW of Grande Cache, Canada Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-16 13:37:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-16 13:45:37 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -420 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 automatic 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 536 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network ak The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,ak, 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 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 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 ak0206asm32z Id of event.
Event Code 0206asm32z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,ak0206asm32z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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