Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Spuz in Montenegro

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Spuz in Montenegro. The temblor was detected at 21:41:19 / 9:41 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/10/16 / 2016-10-02 19:41:19 / October 2, 2016 @ 7:41 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10006ujn. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006ujn. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.46 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 17.46 km, 19.169° East, 42.4847° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 9 km (6 miles) from Podgorica (c. 136 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Nikšić (c. 58 200 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Deçan (c. 50 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Trebinje (c. 33 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Dubrovnik (c. 28 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Isniq, Strellc i Epërm, Deçan (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop), Montenegro (c. 667 000 pop), Kosovo (c. 1 800 000 pop).

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

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	19.169° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	42.4847° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	17.46 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3km SW of Spuz, Montenegro	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2016-10-02 19:41:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-10-02 20:04:09	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	4.1	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	272	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	0.087	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	25	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	us10006ujn	Id of event.
Event Code	10006ujn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us10006ujn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

19.169° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

42.4847° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

17.46 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

3km SW of Spuz, Montenegro

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

Time

2016-10-02 19:41:19

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2016-10-02 20:04:09

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

4.1

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

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

272

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

0.087

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

Root Mean Square

1.21 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

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

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us10006ujn

Id of event.

Event Code

10006ujn

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

Event IDS

,us10006ujn,

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

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