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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Letoianni in Italy


Earthquake location 37.7941S, 15.5199WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Letoianni in Italy. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:50:15 / 5:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000ix6a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ix6a. Global time and date of event 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 16:50:15 / December 24, 2018 @ 4:50 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 15.5199° East, 37.7941° North.

Earthquake epicenter was 52 km (32 miles) from Catania (c. 290 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Siracusa (c. 97 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Acireale (c. 49 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Paternò (c. 46 000 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Gioiosa Ionica, Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, Agira (min 5000 pop).

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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 20 km ESE of Letoianni, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.5199° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.7941° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20km ESE of Letoianni, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-24 16:50:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-24 17:05:04 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 284 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 0.551 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 222 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 us2000ix6a Id of event.
Event Code 2000ix6a An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000ix6a, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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