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Moderate earthquake, 5.4 mag has occurred near Castelo Branco in Portugal


Earthquake location 38.8754S, -29.3387WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Castelo Branco in Portugal. Exact location of event, longitude -29.3387 West, latitude 38.8754 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000d7ew. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7ew. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 11/01/21 / 2021-01-11 12:47:01 / January 11, 2021 @ 12:47 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:47:01 / 12:47 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Horta (c. 6 600 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Madalena (c. 6 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Ribeira Grande (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Madalena, Horta, Ribeira Grande.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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: 67 km NW of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -29.3387° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8754° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 67 km NW of Castelo Branco, Portugal Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-11 12:47:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-11 13:06:57 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 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 3.198 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.56 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us6000d7ew Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7ew An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7ew, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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