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Moderate earthquake, 5.9 mag has occurred near Shikotan in Russia

Posted by admin on March 2, 2021 0 Comments

Earthquake location 43.9854S, 147.8662WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 94 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia (58 miles). The 5.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:22:45 / 9:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 26 km (16 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000deyu. Unique identifier: us7000deyu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 147.8662° East, 43.9854° North, depth 26 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/03/21 / 2021-03-02 21:22:45 / March 2, 2021 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT.

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

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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: 94 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 147.8662° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.9854° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 94 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-03-02 21:22:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-03-02 21:47:25 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 3.703 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 3.803 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.32 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us7000deyu Id of event.
Event Code 7000deyu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000deyu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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