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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near South Sandwich Islands region


Earthquake location -56.2016S, -26.5802WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 22/09/24 / 2024-09-22 14:19:44 / September 22, 2024 @ 2:19 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000ngl4. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000ngl4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 48.628 km (30 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:19:44 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -26.5802 West, latitude -56.2016 South, depth = 48.628 km.

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 eleven and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 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: South Sandwich Islands region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -26.5802° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -56.2016° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.628 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place South Sandwich Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-22 14:19:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-27 16:23:08 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 298 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.984 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.08 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 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 us7000ngl4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ngl4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ngl4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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