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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Sidi Akkacha in Algeria

Posted by admin on December 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.5137S, 1.2938WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Sidi Akkacha in Algeria on Monday. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:09:47 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 1.2938° East, latitude 36.5137° North, depth = 7.529 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 7.529 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nz5t. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nz5t. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 00:09:47 / December 16, 2024 @ 12:09 am.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zemoura, Hadjout, Theniet el Had. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Chlef (c. 178 600 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Ech Chettia (c. 168 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Khemis Miliana (c. 75 900 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Oued Rhiou (c. 59 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Aïn Defla (c. 52 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Oued Fodda (c. 44 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from El Attaf (c. 43 800 pop).

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 has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 5 km N of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 1.2938° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.5137° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.529 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5 km N of Sidi Akkacha, Algeria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-16 00:09:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-16 00:27:50 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 369 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 50 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.125 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 85 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 us7000nz5t Id of event.
Event Code 7000nz5t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nz5t, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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