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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Norcia in Italy

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Norcia in Italy on Thursday. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:17:18 / 5:17 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 13.1827° East, 42.7861° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/08/16 / 2016-08-25 03:17:18 / August 25, 2016 @ 3:17 am. Event id: us20006trj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006trj. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Santa Lucia, Tor Lupara, Francavilla al Mare (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 7 km E of Norcia, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	13.1827° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.7861° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km E of Norcia, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-08-25 03:17:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-08-25 03:37:13	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	120	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	340	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	0.069	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	46	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	us20006trj	Id of event.
Event Code	20006trj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us20006trj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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