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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag was detected near Lakhdaria in Algeria

Posted by admin on March 18, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.4713S, 3.428WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Lakhdaria in Algeria. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pzjl. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzjl. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 09:50:27 / March 18, 2025 @ 9:50 am. Exact location, longitude 3.428° East, latitude 36.4713° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 09:50:27 / 9:50 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 47 km (29 miles) from Algiers (c. 1 977 700 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Boumerdas (c. 786 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Bab Ezzouar (c. 275 600 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Blida (c. 182 400 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Médéa (c. 147 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Tizi Ouzou (c. 144 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Bordj el Kiffan (c. 123 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akbou, ‘Aïn el Hadjel, Ighram.

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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 18 km SW of Lakhdaria, Algeria.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 3.428° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4713° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 18 km SW of Lakhdaria, Algeria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-03-18 09:50:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-03-18 10:16:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 355 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 116 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.482 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.55 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us6000pzjl Id of event.
Event Code 6000pzjl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pzjl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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