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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Medesano in Italy


Earthquake location 44.7632S, 10.0705WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Medesano in Italy on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 10.0705° East, 44.7632° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 19/11/17 / 2017-11-19 12:37:44 / November 19, 2017 @ 12:37 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us2000brf1. Event ids that are associated: us2000brf1. The temblor was picked up at 13:37:44 / 1:37 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Assago, Grassobbio, Verona (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) from Genoa (c. 580 200 pop), 103 km (64 miles) from Verona (c. 219 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Brescia (c. 184 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Modena (c. 158 900 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Parma (c. 146 300 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Reggio nell’Emilia (c. 133 300 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Piacenza (c. 93 200 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every 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 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: 5 km W of Medesano, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 10.0705° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 44.7632° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 5km W of Medesano, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-11-19 12:37:44 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-11-19 12:54:03 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.4 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 370 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 0.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 26 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 us2000brf1 Id of event.
Event Code 2000brf1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000brf1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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