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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near South Sandwich Islands region


Earthquake location -56.0938S, -27.6343WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/09/20 / 2020-09-02 00:21:12 / September 2, 2020 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -27.6343 West, latitude -56.0938 South, depth = 115.01 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000bg8x. Unique identifier: us7000bg8x. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:21:12 / 12:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 115.01 km (71 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventy-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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: South Sandwich Islands region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.6343° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -56.0938° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 115.01 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 2020-09-02 00:21:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-02 00:38:33 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 400 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 5.387 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 62 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 us7000bg8x Id of event.
Event Code 7000bg8x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bg8x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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