Information message about the tangible earthquake in Ukraine on August 7, 2016

     The tangible earthquake М=4.8 has occurred on August 7, 2016 at 08:15 GMT (11:15 Moscow time) in Ukraine.
     Parameters of the earthquake have been determined in the Alert Service (AS) of Information Processing Center (IPC) of Geophysical Survey of RAS in Obninsk with station data obtained from digital and analog seismic stations of Russia, countries of CIS and from abroad. Alert message on this earthquake has been delivered in 11 min after registration to the Ministry of Emergency of the Russian Federation (EMERCOM).
     Overall processing has been done according to 49 stations.
     Fig. 1 presents fragments of records obtained from digital stations Anapa (∆ 2.4º), Guzeripl (∆ 3.7º), Krasnaya Polyana (∆ 4º), Vesyoloye (∆ 4.1º), Kislovodsk (∆ 4.8º). Fig. 2 presents fragments of records obtained from digital stations Khabaz (∆ 5.1º), Malin Array Point (∆ 6.5º), Vedeno (∆ 7.4º), Obninsk (∆ 8º), Belogornoye (∆ 8.4º).

Figure 1
 

Figure 2
 
     IPC GS RAS also has obtained information with parameters of this event from some seismological centers, these data are given in table 1:
Table 1
NN Time in origin h-min-s (GMT) Lat degr. Lon degr. Depth km N s/st Ms/ N mb/ N I0 calc GAP Center
1 08-15-03.8 47.17 37.52  10  49   4.8/124-4.556 IPC GS RAS
2 08-15-05.3 47.17 37.56  10  260   4.8  21 CSEM
3 08-15-05.6 47.09 37.52  10  92   4.8  43 NEIC
4 08-15-04.8 47.35 37.74  10  91   4.7   GFZ
  • IPC GS RAS - Informational Processing Center, Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Sciences
  • CSEM - European - Mediterranean seismological center
  • NEIC - National Earthquakes Information Center of US Geological Service
  • GFZ - German Research Center for Geosciences
  • Epicenter
         Fig. 3 presents with red star the epicenter of this earthquake, its origin was located in Ukraine, at a depth of 10 km, 6 km N-W of Mariupol, Ukraine, 71 km N-E of Berdyansk, Ukraine, 78 km N-W of Yeisk, Russia, and 104 km W of Taganrog, Russia.

    Figure 3
    Macroseismic manifestations
         According to RIA Novosti Ukraine this earthquake was felt in Mariupol, Zaporozhye, Dnieper, Berdyansk, Tokmak, Chernigovka, Pologi and Urzuf. According to GS RAS this earthquake was felt in Yeysk, Taganrog, Dolzhanskaya with intensity 3 MSK, in Rostov, Azov, Bataisk with intensity 2-3 MSK. Information on individual responses is collected in the new section of the site, "You feel the earthquake? Tell us about it" (DyfitWeb).


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