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Moderate earthquake 5.4 mag, 58 km W of Sines, Portugal


Earthquake location 37.9845S, -9.538WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Sines in Portugal on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/08/24 / 2024-08-26 04:11:38 / August 26, 2024 @ 4:11 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n9fh. Unique identifier: us7000n9fh. The temblor was picked up at 04:11:38 / 4:11 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10.677 km (7 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -9.538° West, 37.9845° North, depth 10.677 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Lisbon (c. 517 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Amadora (c. 178 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Setúbal (c. 117 100 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Queluz (c. 103 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Cacém (c. 94 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Loures (c. 66 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Rio de Mouro (c. 54 700 pop). Close country/countries, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Milharado, Ericeira, Mafra.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 58 km W of Sines, Portugal.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -9.538° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.9845° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.677 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58 km W of Sines, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-26 04:11:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-26 04:30:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 22 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.9 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 462 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 101 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.021 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 27 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 us7000n9fh Id of event.
Event Code 7000n9fh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n9fh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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