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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Chiffa in Algeria


Earthquake location 36.4509S, 2.7514WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Chiffa in Algeria. Global time and date of event 13/08/20 / 2020-08-13 08:04:49 / August 13, 2020 @ 8:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 2.7514° East, latitude 36.4509° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000bdvu. Event ids that are associated: us6000bdvu. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:04:49 / 8:04 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Algiers (c. 1 977 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Boumerdas (c. 786 500 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bab Ezzouar (c. 275 600 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Blida (c. 182 400 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Médéa (c. 147 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Bordj el Kiffan (c. 123 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tizi Gheniff, Theniet el Had, Sour el Ghozlane (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 1 km SE of Chiffa, Algeria.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 2.7514° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4509° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1 km SE of Chiffa, Algeria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-13 08:04:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-08-13 09:44:12 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 298 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 3.21 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us6000bdvu Id of event.
Event Code 6000bdvu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000bdvu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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