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Earthquake: M 4.2 quake strikes near Gracanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina


Earthquake location 43.64S, 18.4225WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Gracanica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The temblor was reported at 09:24:24 / 9:24 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 4.65 km (3 miles). Global time of event 28/02/15 / 2015-02-28 08:24:24 / February 28, 2015 @ 8:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 18.4225 East, latitude 43.64 North, depth 4.65 km, unique identifier, usc000tty8.

Close countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop). The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Sarajevo (c. 696 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Zenica (c. 164 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Mostar (c. 104 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Bugojno (c. 41 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Travnik (c. 31 100 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Žepče, Željezno Polje, Zavidovići.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 18.4225° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.64° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km SE of Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-02-28 08:24:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-02-28 09:13:12 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 272 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 1.223 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.79 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 usc000tty8 Id of event.
Event Code c000tty8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,usc000tty8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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