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Light earthquake 4.8 mag, 36 km WNW of Ribeira Grande, Portugal


Earthquake location 38.6603S, -29.0813WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (mg/mb) was reported Sunday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ribeira Grande in Portugal. The temblor was reported at 05:32:28 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 14.48 km (9 miles). Global time of event 14/06/15 / 2015-06-14 05:32:28 / June 14, 2015 @ 5:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -29.0813 West, latitude 38.6603 North, depth 14.48 km, unique identifier, us20002ppt. Ids that are associated to the event, ,us20002ppt,.

Close countries, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Horta (c. 6 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Madalena (c. 6 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ribeira Grande (c. 5 200 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Madalena, Horta, Ribeira Grande.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -29.0813° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6603° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km WNW of Ribeira Grande, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-06-14 05:32:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-06-14 05:52:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 354 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 0.655 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 83 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 us20002ppt Id of event.
Event Code 20002ppt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002ppt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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