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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Santa Cruz das Flores in Portugal


Earthquake location 40.1743S, -29.43WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 165 km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (103 miles). Unique identifier: us7000casj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000casj. The temblor was reported at 12:52:16 / 12:52 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/10/20 / 2020-10-30 12:52:16 / October 30, 2020 @ 12:52 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -29.43 West, latitude 40.1743 North, depth = 10 km.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 165 km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -29.43° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.1743° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 165 km ENE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-10-30 12:52:16 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-11-28 11:30:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 298 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 3.88 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 157 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 us7000casj Id of event.
Event Code 7000casj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000casj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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