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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Sainte-Marie in Martinique

Posted by admin on July 26, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 15.206S, -60.3867WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 80 kilometers (50 miles) from Sainte-Marie in Martinique on Wednesday. Id of earthquake: us2000ge22. Event ids that are associated: us2000ge22. The temblor was reported at 20:55:47 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 00:55:47 / July 26, 2018 @ 12:55 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -60.3867 West, latitude 15.206 North, depth = 11.45 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 11.45 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries, Martinique (c. 433 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Saint-Joseph, Le Vauclin, Le Gros-Morne (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Le Robert (c. 23 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Sainte-Marie (c. 20 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Le François (c. 19 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Saint-Joseph (c. 17 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Petite Rivière Salée (c. 15 200 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from La Trinité (c. 15 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 80 km NE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -60.3867° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 15.206° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 11.45 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 80km NE of Sainte-Marie, Martinique Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-07-26 00:55:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-07-26 01:17:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -240 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 272 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 0.637 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.62 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 193 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 us2000ge22 Id of event.
Event Code 2000ge22 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ge22, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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