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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Durres in Albania

Posted by admin on March 27, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.3384S, 19.362WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Durres in Albania. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 19.362 East, latitude 41.3384 North, depth = 14.85 km. The temblor was detected at 15:09:29 / 3:09 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 14.85 km (9 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20005cq2. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005cq2. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 13:09:29 / March 27, 2016 @ 1:09 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Selenicë, Pukë, Ballsh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop). Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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 have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 6 km WNW of Durres, Albania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 19.362° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.3384° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 14.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6km WNW of Durres, Albania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-03-27 13:09:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-03-27 13:38:06 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2 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 0.377 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us20005cq2 Id of event.
Event Code 20005cq2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20005cq2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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