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Strong earthquake, 6.8 mag has occurred near central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Posted by admin on September 18, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 1.1S, -27WA earthquake with magnitude 6.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/09/20 / 2020-09-18 21:44:00 / September 18, 2020 @ 9:44 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:44:00 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: at00qgvj1d. Ids that are associated to the event: pt20262001, at00qgvj1d. A tsunami warning has been issued near central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -27° West, 1.1° North, depth 33 km.

Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world. 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. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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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. 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: central Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 1.1° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place central Mid-Atlantic Ridge Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-09-18 21:44:00 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-09-18 21:58:53 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 711 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 229 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39.599996832 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 at00qgvj1d Id of event.
Event Code 00qgvj1d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt20262001,at00qgvj1d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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