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Moderate earthquake 5.7 mag, 112 km SSW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -57.6528S, -27.8383WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.7 (ml/mb) strikes 112 km SSW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (70 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 239.78 km (149 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/04/18 / 2018-04-09 00:20:55 / April 9, 2018 @ 12:20 am. The temblor was reported at 22:20:55 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000dwpi. Unique identifier: us2000dwpi. Exact location of event, depth 239.78 km, -27.8383° West, -57.6528° South.

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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 112 km SSW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.8383° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -57.6528° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 239.78 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 112km SSW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-09 00:20:55 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-09 00:40:39 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 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 2.69 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 500 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 5.914 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.04 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000dwpi Id of event.
Event Code 2000dwpi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000dwpi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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