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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Gladstone in New Jersey


Earthquake location 40.6855S, -74.7427WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Gladstone in New Jersey on Saturday. The temblor was detected at 13:49:38 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000mub7. Unique identifier: us6000mub7. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/04/24 / 2024-04-27 13:49:38 / April 27, 2024 @ 1:49 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -74.7427 West, latitude 40.6855 North, depth = 8.453 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.453 km (5 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 62 km (39 miles) from New York City (c. 8 175 100 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Brooklyn (c. 2 300 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Borough of Queens (c. 2 272 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Manhattan (c. 1 487 500 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from The Bronx (c. 1 385 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Wyndmoor, Wesley Hills, Mount Holly (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km WSW of Gladstone, New Jersey. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -74.7427° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.6855° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.453 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km WSW of Gladstone, New Jersey Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-04-27 13:49:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-06 17:48:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1078 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 539 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.006 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.37 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 mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000mub7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mub7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mub7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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