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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Lajes das Flores in Portugal

Posted by admin on May 30, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 25.9703S, -44.9695WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 1965 km SW of Lajes das Flores, Portugal (1221 miles). Event id: us6000a2dg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000a2dg. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:29:32 / 3:29 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -44.9695 West, latitude 25.9703 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 03:29:32 / May 30, 2020 @ 3:29 am.

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -44.9695° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 25.9703° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1965 km SW of Lajes das Flores, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-05-30 03:29:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-05-30 03:50:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 20.843 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us6000a2dg Id of event.
Event Code 6000a2dg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a2dg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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