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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near South Sandwich Islands region

Posted by admin on December 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location -57.9976S, -26.3894WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/12/24 / 2024-12-03 21:54:27 / December 3, 2024 @ 9:54 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -26.3894° West, -57.9976° South, depth 147.653 km. The temblor was picked up at 21:54:27 / 9:54 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000nzbv. Unique identifier: us7000nzbv. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 147.653 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: South Sandwich Islands region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -26.3894° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -57.9976° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 147.653 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place South Sandwich Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-03 21:54:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-17 00:29:01 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 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 16.786 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.46 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us7000nzbv Id of event.
Event Code 7000nzbv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzbv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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