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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag has occurred near Montefiorino in Italy

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Earthquake location 44.3364S, 10.5899WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Montefiorino in Italy. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 10.5899° East, 44.3364° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 08:21:50 / 8:21 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 07:21:50 / December 9, 2016 @ 7:21 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us20007zet. Event ids that are associated: us20007zet. 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 Mantova, Ostiglia, Pontassieve (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Bologna (c. 366 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Florence (c. 349 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Prato (c. 181 800 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Modena (c. 158 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Livorno (c. 153 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Parma (c. 146 300 pop).

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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 3 km WSW of Montefiorino, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 10.5899° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.3364° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km WSW of Montefiorino, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-09 07:21:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-06 13:02:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 271 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 0.229 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.52 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us20007zet Id of event.
Event Code 20007zet An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20007zet, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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