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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge


Earthquake location 14.8698S, -44.8501WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -44.8501 West, latitude 14.8698 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/24 / 2024-07-28 16:15:45 / July 28, 2024 @ 4:15 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000njvt. Id of event: us6000njvt. The temblor was picked up at 16:15:45 / 4:15 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -44.8501° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 14.8698° 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 2024-07-28 16:15:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 16:30:50 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 271 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 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 12.363 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 164 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 us6000njvt Id of event.
Event Code 6000njvt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000njvt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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