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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Nereju in Romania


Earthquake location 45.662S, 26.4794WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Nereju in Romania. Exact location, longitude 26.4794° East, latitude 45.662° North, depth = 143.94 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 143.94 km (89 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/17 / 2017-03-08 13:43:13 / March 8, 2017 @ 1:43 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:43:13 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100087pk. Id of event: us100087pk.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Faraoaní, Zărnești, Bereşti-Tazlău (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Braşov (c. 276 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Ploieşti (c. 228 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Buzău (c. 131 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Focşani (c. 105 100 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Sfântu-Gheorghe (c. 60 700 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Câmpina (c. 41 600 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 19 km WSW of Nereju, Romania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.4794° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.662° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 143.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19km WSW of Nereju, Romania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-03-08 13:43:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-03-08 14:02:34 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 259 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 0.412 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us100087pk Id of event.
Event Code 100087pk An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100087pk, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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