Earthquake: M 4.3 quake strikes near Mostaganem in Algeria

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (mg/mb) was reported Tuesday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Mostaganem in Algeria. The temblor was reported at 16:57:15 / 4:57 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 11.53 km (7 miles). Global time of event 17/03/15 / 2015-03-17 15:57:15 / March 17, 2015 @ 3:57 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 0.4344 East, latitude 36.0978 North, depth 11.53 km, unique identifier, us10001n61.

Close countries, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop). The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Chlef (c. 178 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Ech Chettia (c. 168 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Mascara (c. 150 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Relizane (c. 130 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Mostaganem (c. 130 000 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sidi Akkacha, Sig, Mascara.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	0.4344° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.0978° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	11.53 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	36km ENE of Mostaganem, Algeria	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-03-17 15:57:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-03-17 18:31:25	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	60	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	284	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	0.179	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	167	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	us10001n61	Id of event.
Event Code	10001n61	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10001n61,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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