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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 87 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia

Posted by admin on January 11, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 54.9359S, 164.7008WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 87 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia (54 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 164.7008 East, latitude 54.9359 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/12/18 / 2018-12-22 19:15:32 / December 22, 2018 @ 7:15 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 06:15:32 / 6:15 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000j2kj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j2kj.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-one, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-four and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 87 km WSW of Nikol’skoye, Russia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 164.7008° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 54.9359° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 87km WSW of Nikol'skoye, Russia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-22 19:15:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-11 00:15:10 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 660 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 271 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 4.053 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 165 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 us2000j2kj Id of event.
Event Code 2000j2kj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000j2kj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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