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Moderate earthquake: M5.4 quake has struck near Bristol Island in South Sandwich Islands

Posted by admin on April 3, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location -58.6619S, -25.2816WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes 82 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (51 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, depth 24.63 km, -25.2816° West, -58.6619° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/04/20 / 2020-04-03 22:50:49 / April 3, 2020 @ 10:50 pm. The 5.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:50:49 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70008n56. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008n56. The epicenter was at a depth of 24.63 km (15 miles).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 82 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -25.2816° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -58.6619° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 24.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 82km ENE of Bristol Island, 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 2020-04-03 22:50:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-03 23:10:55 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 3.311 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 449 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 7.596 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 82 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 us70008n56 Id of event.
Event Code 70008n56 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70008n56, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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