Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag was detected near Siglufjörður in Iceland

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Siglufjörður in Iceland. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/06/20 / 2020-06-20 15:05:11 / June 20, 2020 @ 3:05 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -18.3736 West, latitude 66.4701 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 15:05:11 / 3:05 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000afgh. Id of event: us6000afgh.

Epicenter of the event was 88 km (55 miles) from Akureyri (c. 17 700 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Sauðárkrókur (c. 2 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sauðárkrókur, Akureyri.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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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: 42 km NE of Siglufjörður, Iceland. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-18.3736° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	66.4701° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	42 km NE of Siglufjörður, Iceland	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-06-20 15:05:11	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-06-20 15:22:46	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		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	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	4.241	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	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	us6000afgh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000afgh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000afgh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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