Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 43 km NNE of Termoli, Italy

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Termoli in Italy on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 15.2162 East, latitude 42.3407 North, depth = 7.77 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/12/15 / 2015-12-06 16:24:39 / December 6, 2015 @ 4:24 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100044g7. Unique identifier: us100044g7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:24:39 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.77 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from San Severo (c. 54 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Chieti (c. 44 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Lucera (c. 32 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Termoli (c. 31 000 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lanciano (c. 30 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vieste, Monte Sant’Angelo, Lucera. Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 43 km NNE of Termoli, Italy.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	15.2162° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.3407° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.77 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43km NNE of Termoli, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2015-12-06 16:24:39	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2015-12-07 15:57:35	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	60	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	312	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	0.705	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.65 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us100044g7	Id of event.
Event Code	100044g7	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us100044g7,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

15.2162° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

42.3407° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

7.77 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

43km NNE of Termoli, Italy

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2015-12-06 16:24:39

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2015-12-07 15:57:35

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

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

312

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

0.705

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.65 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mwr

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us100044g7

Id of event.

Event Code

100044g7

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us100044g7,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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