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Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Colle di Val d’Elsa in Italy


Earthquake location 43.436S, 11.1361WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Colle di Val d’Elsa in Italy. The temblor was reported at 00:03:06 / 12:03 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.14 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us7000472y. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000472y. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/06/19 / 2019-06-28 23:03:06 / June 28, 2019 @ 11:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10.14 km, 11.1361° East, 43.436° North.

Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abbadia San Salvatore, Piombino, Grosseto (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Florence (c. 349 300 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Prato (c. 181 800 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Livorno (c. 153 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Lucca (c. 81 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Pisa (c. 77 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km N of Colle di Val d’Elsa, Italy. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 11.1361° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.436° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.14 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km N of Colle di Val d'Elsa, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-06-28 23:03:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-06-29 05:17:47 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 129 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 0.118 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.66 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 68 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000472y Id of event.
Event Code 7000472y An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000472y, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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