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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near As Salamīyah in Syria

Posted by admin on August 13, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 35.1156S, 37.0735WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from As Salamīyah in Syria on Tuesday. Exact location of event, depth 4.804 km, 37.0735° East, 35.1156° North. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/08/24 / 2024-08-13 00:28:38 / August 13, 2024 @ 12:28 am. The temblor was reported at 00:28:38 / 12:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us6000njrg. Event ids that are associated: us6000njrg. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 4.804 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Satita, Tallkalakh, Duraykīsh. The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Homs (c. 775 400 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from (c. 460 600 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from As Salamīyah (c. 94 900 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Ar Rastan (c. 53 200 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Khān Shaykhūn (c. 49 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Al Quşayr (c. 41 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Tallbīsah (c. 38 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Syria (c. 22 198 000 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 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 have been detected nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km N of As Salamīyah, Syria. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 37.0735° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.1156° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.804 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11 km N of As Salamīyah, Syria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-13 00:28:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-13 00:44:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.5 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 69 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.055 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000njrg Id of event.
Event Code 6000njrg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njrg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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