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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Maratea in Italy

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Maratea in Italy. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/16 / 2016-01-06 18:44:46 / January 6, 2016 @ 6:44 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us10004bw6. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004bw6. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:44:46 / 7:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 15.5591° East, 39.918° North, depth 275.22 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 275.22 km (171 miles).

Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olevano sul Tusciano, Bellizzi, Avigliano (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Potenza (c. 56 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Battipaglia (c. 47 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Eboli (c. 26 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Quattromiglia (c. 22 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Castrovillari (c. 20 300 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 16 km WSW of Maratea, Italy.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	15.5591° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.918° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	275.22 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	16km WSW of Maratea, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-01-06 18:44:46	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-01-06 21:00:03	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	298	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	1.184	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.67 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	48	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	us10004bw6	Id of event.
Event Code	10004bw6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10004bw6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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