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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Trecchina in Italy

Posted by admin on November 12, 2016 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.0275S, 15.7887WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Trecchina in Italy on Saturday. Unique identifier: us100072yf. Ids that are associated to the event: us100072yf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 15.7887 East, latitude 40.0275 North, depth = 264.21 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 264.21 km (164 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 29/10/16 / 2016-10-29 11:58:06 / October 29, 2016 @ 11:58 am UTC/GMT. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:58:06 / 1:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 90 km (56 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Potenza (c. 56 400 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Battipaglia (c. 47 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Eboli (c. 26 200 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Quattromiglia (c. 22 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montescaglioso, Genzano di Lucania, Battipaglia.

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km E of Trecchina, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.7887° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.0275° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 264.21 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 1km E of Trecchina, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-10-29 11:58:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-11-12 09:07:18 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 2.7 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 0.039 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 28 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 us100072yf Id of event.
Event Code 100072yf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100072yf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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