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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge


Earthquake location 46.4463S, -27.3563WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000n0q1. Event ids that are associated: us6000n0q1. The temblor was picked up at 01:37:20 / 1:37 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -27.3563 West, latitude 46.4463 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/05/24 / 2024-05-18 01:37:20 / May 18, 2024 @ 1:37 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. 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: northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.3563° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 46.4463° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-18 01:37:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-24 22:08:27 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 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 15.595 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 127 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 us6000n0q1 Id of event.
Event Code 6000n0q1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n0q1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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