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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake strikes near Newland in North Carolina


Earthquake location 35.9792S, -81.9167WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (mg/mb) has striked on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Newland in North Carolina. The temblor was reported at 01:44:22 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 22.7 km (14 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-15 06:44:22 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -81.9167 West, latitude 35.9792 North, depth 22.7 km.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -81.9167° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.9792° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 22.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 12km S of Newland, North Carolina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2014-12-15 06:44:22 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2014-12-15 06:51:49 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -300 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 5 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 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 131 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network se The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources se A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.7905175 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 237.599980992 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID se60063272 Id of event.
Event Code 60063272 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS se60063272 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

2 Comments

  1. LISA BEDFORD

    my husband and I was wide awake, we felt and heard it. It sounded and felt to us like a severe explosion. Scared us to death. Our location is Patterson, NC about 7-9 miles from where it said originated.

  2. Pat Cashwell

    Felt in Boone, heard a loud blast and the entire house shook.

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