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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near western Indian-Antarctic Ridge


Earthquake location -49.9162S, 126.9749WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.903 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000np5x. Id of event: us7000np5x. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 126.9749 East, latitude -49.9162 South, depth = 10.903 km. The temblor was picked up at 08:52:51 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/10/24 / 2024-10-31 08:52:51 / October 31, 2024 @ 8:52 am UTC/GMT.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 have been detected in the same area.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: western Indian-Antarctic Ridge. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 126.9749° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -49.9162° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.903 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place western Indian-Antarctic Ridge Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-10-31 08:52:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-31 09:09:31 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 340 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 30 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 15.656 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us7000np5x Id of event.
Event Code 7000np5x An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000np5x, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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