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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Sturgeon Bay in Wisconsin

Posted by admin on August 2, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 44.6833S, -86.9281WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Sturgeon Bay in Wisconsin. Exact location, longitude -86.9281° West, latitude 44.6833° North, depth = 10.926 km. The temblor was detected at 14:18:57 / 2:18 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.926 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 02/08/24 / 2024-08-02 14:18:57 / August 2, 2024 @ 2:18 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us6000nhkd. Event ids that are associated: us6000nhkd.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marinette, Menominee, Manistee (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Marinette (c. 11 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sturgeon Bay (c. 9 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Menominee (c. 8 600 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Manistee (c. 6 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 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. Each 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. 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 ESE of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -86.9281° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.6833° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.926 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km ESE of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-02 14:18:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-02 14:46:23 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 129 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 17 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.639 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000nhkd Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhkd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhkd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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