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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 9 km NNE of Richlands, Virginia

Posted by admin on February 12, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.1782S, -81.7661WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Richlands in Virginia. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/02/21 / 2021-02-12 03:54:52 / February 12, 2021 @ 3:54 am. The temblor was detected at 03:54:52 / 3:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -81.7661 West, latitude 37.1782 North, depth = 5 km. Unique identifier: us6000dgvv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000dgvv.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bristol, Bristol, Pikeville (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Bristol (c. 26 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Bristol (c. 17 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bluefield (c. 10 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Wytheville (c. 8 200 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Abingdon (c. 8 200 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NNE of Richlands, Virginia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -81.7661° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.1782° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9 km NNE of Richlands, Virginia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-12 03:54:52 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-12 04:14:08 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 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 129 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 0.657 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000dgvv Id of event.
Event Code 6000dgvv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000dgvv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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