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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Canton Island in Kiribati

Posted by admin on August 20, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location -3.0592S, -172.7935WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 127 km WSW of Canton Island, Kiribati (79 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 15.03 km, -172.7935° West, -3.0592° South. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 20:08:30 / August 20, 2018 @ 8:08 pm. Unique identifier: us1000ge4z. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ge4z. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.03 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:08:30 / 8:08 am (local time epicenter).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 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: 127 km WSW of Canton Island, Kiribati.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -172.7935° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -3.0592° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.03 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 127km WSW of Canton Island, Kiribati Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-20 20:08:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-20 20:34:07 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -720 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 400 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 17.136 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.07 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 159 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 us1000ge4z Id of event.
Event Code 1000ge4z An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ge4z, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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