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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Pierre in South Dakota


Earthquake location 44.6801S, -100.6024WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Pierre in South Dakota. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mp2d. Id of event: us7000mp2d. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.6024 West, latitude 44.6801 North, depth = 10.499 km. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:39:51 / 7:39 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.499 km (7 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/05/24 / 2024-05-30 19:39:51 / May 30, 2024 @ 7:39 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pierre (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 40 km (25 miles) from Pierre (c. 13 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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.

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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 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: 39 km NNW of Pierre, South Dakota.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.6024° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.6801° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.499 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km NNW of Pierre, South Dakota Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-30 19:39:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-30 20:01:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 16 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 253 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 63 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.201 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 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 us7000mp2d Id of event.
Event Code 7000mp2d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000mp2d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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