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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Boosaaso in Somalia


Earthquake location 12.7573S, 49.036WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 163 km N of Boosaaso, Somalia (101 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000itbh. Unique identifier: us2000itbh. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:46:29 / 8:46 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 49.036 East, latitude 12.7573 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/12/18 / 2018-12-08 05:46:29 / December 8, 2018 @ 5:46 am.

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 163 km N of Boosaaso, Somalia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 49.036° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 12.7573° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 163km N of Boosaaso, Somalia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-08 05:46:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-26 08:37:09 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 312 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 6.174 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 160 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 us2000itbh Id of event.
Event Code 2000itbh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000itbh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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