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Moderate earthquake: M5.1 quake has struck near Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen

Posted by admin on October 4, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 70.7049S, -14.7924WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 224 km W of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (139 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/10/24 / 2024-10-04 11:42:16 / October 4, 2024 @ 11:42 am. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:42:16 / 11:42 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us6000nwi8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nwi8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -14.7924 West, latitude 70.7049 North, depth = 10 km.

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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: 224 km W of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -14.7924° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 70.7049° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 224 km W of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-04 11:42:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-04 11:59:36 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 400 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 56 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 6.475 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nwi8 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwi8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwi8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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