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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Akureyri in Iceland

Posted by admin on October 6, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 64.8464S, -17.6755WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Akureyri in Iceland. Exact location, longitude -17.6755° West, latitude 64.8464° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/10/24 / 2024-10-06 17:56:25 / October 6, 2024 @ 5:56 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us6000nwxc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nwxc. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:56:25 / 5:56 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akureyri (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 95 km (59 miles) from Akureyri (c. 17 700 pop).

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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 95 km SSE of Akureyri, Iceland. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -17.6755° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 64.8464° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 95 km SSE of Akureyri, Iceland Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-06 17:56:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-06 18:23:45 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 65 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.566 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us6000nwxc Id of event.
Event Code 6000nwxc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nwxc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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