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Moderate earthquake: M5.8 quake has struck near Shikotan in Russia


Earthquake location 43.9819S, 148.1617WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 117 km E of Shikotan, Russia (73 miles). The 5.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:25:26 / 6:25 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 29.7 km (18 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/10/16 / 2016-10-23 20:25:26 / October 23, 2016 @ 8:25 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 148.1617 East, latitude 43.9819 North, depth = 29.7 km. Event id: us20007g96. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007g96.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 117 km E of Shikotan, Russia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 148.1617° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.9819° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 29.7 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 117km E of Shikotan, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-23 20:25:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-23 20:49:15 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 600 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 3.69 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 518 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 4.017 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 119 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 us20007g96 Id of event.
Event Code 20007g96 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007g96, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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