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Strong earthquake, 6 mag has occurred near Mid-Indian Ridge


Earthquake location -37.055S, 78.167WA earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Mid-Indian Ridge (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 22:23:36 / 10:23 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us6000mu57. Event ids that are associated: us6000mu57. Exact location of earthquake, 78.167° East, -37.055° South, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/04/24 / 2024-04-26 22:23:36 / April 26, 2024 @ 10:23 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-nine, in the last 10 days thirty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-nine and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Mid-Indian Ridge.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 78.167° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -37.055° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Mid-Indian Ridge Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-26 22:23:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-04 03:37:33 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 4.131 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 554 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 82 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.88 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us6000mu57 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mu57 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mu57, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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