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Minor earthquake 3.7 mag, 9 km SE of Sort, Spain


Earthquake location 42.343S, 1.2033WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Sort in Spain on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 16:29:51 / 4:29 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 1.2033° East, 42.343° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/19 / 2019-04-03 15:29:51 / April 3, 2019 @ 3:29 pm. Unique identifier: us2000k9pu. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000k9pu.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Manresa, Lavelanet, Sant Joan de Vilatorrada (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Manresa (c. 76 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Andorra la Vella (c. 20 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Berga (c. 17 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Balaguer (c. 16 800 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tàrrega (c. 16 500 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from les Escaldes (c. 15 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Andorra (c. 84 000 pop), Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 9 km SE of Sort, Spain.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 1.2033° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.343° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km SE of Sort, Spain Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-03 15:29:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-04-03 21:30:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 211 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 0.258 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000k9pu Id of event.
Event Code 2000k9pu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000k9pu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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