Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Neresnytsya in Ukraine

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Neresnytsya in Ukraine. The temblor was detected at 14:30:47 / 2:30 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/07/15 / 2015-07-19 11:30:47 / July 19, 2015 @ 11:30 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.6 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20002yi4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002yi4. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 23.6567 East, latitude 48.0951 North, depth = 4.6 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop), Ukraine (c. 45 416 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (31 miles) from Baia Mare (c. 138 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Baia Mare (c. 136 600 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Satu Mare (c. 112 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mukacheve (c. 81 600 pop), 25 km (15 miles) from Sighetu Marmaţiei (c. 40 700 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Khust (c. 28 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Nadvirna, Kosmach, Borşa.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km WSW of Neresnytsya, Ukraine.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	23.6567° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	48.0951° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.6 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km WSW of Neresnytsya, Ukraine	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-07-19 11:30:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-08-09 08:09:20	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	180	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	246	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	0.44	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.22 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	177	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	us20002yi4	Id of event.
Event Code	20002yi4	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20002yi4,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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