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Minor earthquake 2.97 mag, 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee

Posted by admin on November 22, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 36.4526672S, -89.5339966WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.97 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Tiptonville in Tennessee on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -89.5339966 West, latitude 36.4526672 North, depth = 9.96 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.96 km (6 miles). The 2.97-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:55:40 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: nm60245401. Ids that are associated to the event: nm60245401, us1000hva2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/18 / 2018-11-22 01:55:40 / November 22, 2018 @ 1:55 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ripley, Blytheville, Martin. Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Dyersburg (c. 17 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Sikeston (c. 16 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Blytheville (c. 15 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Martin (c. 11 500 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Kennett (c. 10 900 pop).

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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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: 9 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.97 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -89.5339966° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4526672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.96 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-22 01:55:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-22 02:06:14 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 136 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network nm The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,nm,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.2611 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID nm60245401 Id of event.
Event Code 60245401 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,nm60245401,us1000hva2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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