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Minor earthquake 3.3 mag, 5 km E of Plainfield, Connecticut

Posted by admin on January 12, 2015 1 Comment

Earthquake location 41.6747S, -71.8478WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (mg/mb) has striked on Monday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Plainfield in Connecticut. The temblor was reported at 06:36:37 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 3.92 km (2 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-12 11:36:37 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -71.8478 West, latitude 41.6747 North, depth 3.92 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 65 km (41 miles) from Worcester (c. 181 000 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Providence (c. 178 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Springfield (c. 153 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Hartford (c. 124 800 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from New Bedford (c. 95 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chicopee, Farmington, Guilford.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -71.8478° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.6747° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.92 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km E of Plainfield, Connecticut Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-12 11:36:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-12 11:52:21 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 3.1 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 169 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.335 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 128 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID usc000tesx Id of event.
Event Code c000tesx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tesx A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. Gary stalaboin

    That Morning I heard a sound I will never forget, it wasn’t a boom or bang it was a very loud snapping/fracturing sound and i heard the tremor traveling upwards towards the surface and the house shook for approx. 5-6 seconds.

    Gary

    January 14, 2015
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