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Earthquake: M 4.3 quake strikes near San Giovanni a Piro in Italy


Earthquake location 39.837S, 15.4939WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (mg/mb) has striked on Friday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from San Giovanni a Piro in Italy. The temblor was reported at 09:31:34 / 9:31 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 281.72 km (175 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-02 08:31:34 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 15.4939 East, latitude 39.837 North, depth 281.72 km.

Close countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Potenza (c. 56 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Quattromiglia (c. 22 900 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Castrovillari (c. 20 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Agropoli (c. 17 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Potenza, Corigliano Calabro, Marina di Schiavonea.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.4939° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.837° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 281.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 23km S of San Giovanni a Piro, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-02 08:31:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-02 09:05:16 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 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 284 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 1.178 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 usc000tb8t Id of event.
Event Code c000tb8t An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tb8t A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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