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Strong earthquake 6.5 mag, South Sandwich Islands region

Posted by admin on July 26, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -60.939S, -25.312WA earthquake with magnitude 6.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 33 km (21 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -25.312 West, latitude -60.939 South, depth = 33 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/20 / 2020-07-26 00:54:01 / July 26, 2020 @ 12:54 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: pt20208000. Event ids that are associated: pt20208000. The temblor was detected at 00:54:01 / 12:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has been issued near South Sandwich Islands region (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -25.312° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -60.939° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place South Sandwich Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-26 00:54:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-26 01:06:08 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 1 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 650 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 16 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 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 122.399990208 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt20208000 Id of event.
Event Code 20208000 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20208000, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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