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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Lajes das Flores in Portugal

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Earthquake location 38.1576S, -30.8347WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 138 km SSE of Lajes das Flores, Portugal (86 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 18.011 km (11 miles). Global time and date of event 23/04/24 / 2024-04-23 15:40:05 / April 23, 2024 @ 3:40 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mt7i. Id of event: us6000mt7i. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:40:05 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 18.011 km, -30.8347° West, 38.1576° North.

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

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 138 km SSE of Lajes das Flores, Portugal.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -30.8347° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1576° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 18.011 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 138 km SSE of Lajes das Flores, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-23 15:40:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-04-25 16:46:27 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 416 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 288 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 12.319 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 19 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 us6000mt7i Id of event.
Event Code 6000mt7i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mt7i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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