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Moderate earthquake: M5.9 quake has struck near Tristan da Cunha region

Posted by admin on September 6, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -35.4732S, -15.6124WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) was reported Tristan da Cunha region (0 miles) on Monday. Id of earthquake: us7000bfgl. Event ids that are associated: us7000bfgl. Exact location of earthquake, -15.6124° West, -35.4732° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/20 / 2020-08-31 21:18:02 / August 31, 2020 @ 9:18 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:18:02 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -15.6124° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -35.4732° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Tristan da Cunha region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-08-31 21:18:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-01 21:22:11 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 536 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 3.103 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.48 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 33 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 us7000bfgl Id of event.
Event Code 7000bfgl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000bfgl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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