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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near central East Pacific Rise


Earthquake location -6.3338S, -106.0863WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported central East Pacific Rise (0 miles) on Sunday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/24 / 2024-05-05 21:20:43 / May 5, 2024 @ 9:20 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:20:43 / 9:20 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -106.0863 West, latitude -6.3338 South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us6000mxsp. Event ids that are associated: us6000mxsp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: central East Pacific Rise.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -106.0863° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -6.3338° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place central East Pacific Rise Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-05 21:20:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-24 04:03:02 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 312 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 24.878 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 151 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mxsp Id of event.
Event Code 6000mxsp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mxsp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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