Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Rimini in Italy

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Rimini in Italy on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/18 / 2018-11-18 12:48:44 / November 18, 2018 @ 12:48 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.87 km (10 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:48:44 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000htjj. Event ids that are associated: us1000htjj. Exact location of event, longitude 12.7041 East, latitude 44.1882 North, depth = 15.87 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Le Grazie di Ancona, Ancona, Castel San Pietro Terme (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Rimini (c. 118 700 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Forlì (c. 93 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Ravenna (c. 80 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cesena (c. 79 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Pesaro (c. 77 200 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 17 km NE of Rimini, Italy.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	12.7041° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.1882° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	15.87 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17km NE of Rimini, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-11-18 12:48:44	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-11-30 11:34:30	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	1.184	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.91 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	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	us1000htjj	Id of event.
Event Code	1000htjj	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us1000htjj,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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