Earthquake: M 4.7 quake strikes near Lipari in Italy

A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (mg/mb) has occurred on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Lipari in Italy. The temblor was reported at 09:52:28 / 9:52 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 240.05 km (149 miles). Global time of event 2015-02-06 08:52:28 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 15.0688 East, latitude 38.7601 North, depth 240.05 km.

Close countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (c. 34 600 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Milazzo (c. 31 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Vibo Valentia (c. 19 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cittanova, Randazzo, Pizzo.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	15.0688° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	38.7601° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	240.05 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	33km NNE of Lipari, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-02-06 08:52:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-02-06 09:09:08	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	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	340	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	0.817	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	usc000tmn0	Id of event.
Event Code	c000tmn0	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	usc000tmn0	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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