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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Maloy in Norway


Earthquake location 62.4202S, 2.2494WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 158 km WNW of Maloy, Norway (98 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.14 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 12:48:27 / 12:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 2.2494° East, latitude 62.4202° North, depth = 17.14 km. Global time and date of event 09/10/16 / 2016-10-09 12:48:27 / October 9, 2016 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20007cxs. Unique identifier: us20007cxs.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 158 km WNW of Maloy, Norway.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 2.2494° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 62.4202° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 158km WNW of Maloy, Norway Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-09 12:48:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-09 13:06:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 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 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 4.194 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us20007cxs Id of event.
Event Code 20007cxs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007cxs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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