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Moderate earthquake 5.5 mag, 118 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia

Posted by admin on February 26, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 8.5067S, 137.7538WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) strikes 118 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia (73 miles) on Friday. Exact location, longitude 137.7538° East, latitude 8.5067° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us7000ddub. Event ids that are associated: us7000ddub. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:46:09 / 7:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/02/21 / 2021-02-26 07:46:09 / February 26, 2021 @ 7:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 118 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 137.7538° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 8.5067° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 118 km SSW of Colonia, Micronesia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-02-26 07:46:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-02-26 08:12:19 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 3.574 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 465 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 8.617 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 44 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 us7000ddub Id of event.
Event Code 7000ddub An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ddub, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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