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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag has occurred near Singleton in Australia

Posted by admin on April 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location -32.7299S, 150.891WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Singleton in Australia on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us7000pua2. Event ids that are associated: us7000pua2. Exact location of earthquake, 150.891° East, -32.7299° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:55:03 / 4:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 16:55:03 / April 22, 2025 @ 4:55 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearby country/countries, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riverstone, Rouse Hill, Kenthurst. Epicenter of the event was 86 km (53 miles) from Newcastle (c. 308 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Maitland (c. 67 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Cessnock (c. 16 400 pop), 31 km (20 miles) from Singleton (c. 13 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Raymond Terrace (c. 13 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Muswellbrook (c. 11 800 pop), 76 km (48 miles) from Charlestown (c. 11 700 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SW of Singleton, Australia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 150.891° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -32.7299° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km SW of Singleton, Australia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-22 16:55:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-22 17:12:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 36 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 417 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 55 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.024 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us7000pua2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pua2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pua2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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