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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Norcia in Italy


Earthquake location 42.8301S, 13.1201WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Norcia in Italy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 13.1201 East, latitude 42.8301 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 05:19:27 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 03:19:27 / October 27, 2016 @ 3:19 am. Id of earthquake: us1000729p. Event ids that are associated: us1000729p. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riano, Ronciglione, Montefiascone (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km NNE of Norcia, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 13.1201° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.8301° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NNE 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 2016-10-27 03:19:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-10-27 04:26:01 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 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 0.281 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 39 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 us1000729p Id of event.
Event Code 1000729p An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000729p, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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