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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Prince Edward Islands region


Earthquake location -44.2525S, 39.4343WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes Prince Edward Islands region (0 miles) on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/16 / 2016-11-20 13:52:36 / November 20, 2016 @ 1:52 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us10007dp4. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007dp4. Exact location of event, longitude 39.4343 East, latitude -44.2525 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 16:52:36 / 4:52 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: Prince Edward Islands region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 39.4343° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -44.2525° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Prince Edward Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-11-20 13:52:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-13 20:03:35 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 180 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 326 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 17.982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.61 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us10007dp4 Id of event.
Event Code 10007dp4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007dp4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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