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Strong earthquake: M6.8 quake strikes near Lotofaga in Samoa


Earthquake location -15.2S, -172.4WA earthquake magnitude 6.8 (mg/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 147 kilometers (91 miles) from Lotofaga in Samoa. The temblor was reported at 21:48:46 / 9:48 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 55 km (34 miles). Global time of event 30/03/15 / 2015-03-30 08:48:46 / March 30, 2015 @ 8:48 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has been issued near Lotofaga in Samoa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -172.4 West, latitude -15.2 South, depth 55 km, unique identifier, at00nm0oha.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.4° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -15.2° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 55 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 147km SSW of Lotofaga, Samoa Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-03-30 08:48:46 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-03-30 09:04:33 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -660 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 1 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 711 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network at The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,at, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 48 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 8.98225453 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 144 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID at00nm0oha Id of event.
Event Code 00nm0oha An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,at00nm0oha, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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