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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 32 km NE of Arhribs, Algeria


Earthquake location 37.0185S, 4.5404WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Arhribs in Algeria. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/10/24 / 2024-10-10 13:59:50 / October 10, 2024 @ 1:59 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:59:50 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nxv3. Unique identifier: us6000nxv3. Exact location of event, longitude 4.5404 East, latitude 37.0185 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) from Bejaïa (c. 164 100 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Tizi Ouzou (c. 144 000 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Akbou (c. 66 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Boghni (c. 54 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Bouïra (c. 52 500 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Draa el Mizan (c. 41 300 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Timizart (c. 41 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Thenia, Beni Amrane, Bouïra.

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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 32 km NE of Arhribs, Algeria. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 4.5404° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.0185° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km NE of Arhribs, Algeria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-10 13:59:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-10 15:04:50 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 312 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.881 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.76 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 154 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 us6000nxv3 Id of event.
Event Code 6000nxv3 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nxv3, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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