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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag strikes near Amatrice in Italy


Earthquake location 42.6683S, 13.3092WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Amatrice in Italy. Exact location of earthquake, 13.3092° East, 42.6683° North, depth 5.82 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 23:34:12 / December 3, 2017 @ 11:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:34:12 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.82 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000bkp1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bkp1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chiugiana-La Commenda, Tor Lupara, Bagni di Tivoli (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NNE of Amatrice, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 13.3092° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.6683° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.82 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NNE of Amatrice, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-12-03 23:34:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-12-03 23:44:58 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 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 0.151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 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 us1000bkp1 Id of event.
Event Code 1000bkp1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000bkp1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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