Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Berceto in Italy

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Berceto in Italy on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us600054gs. Unique identifier: us600054gs. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:17:18 / 12:17 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/08/19 / 2019-08-13 11:17:18 / August 13, 2019 @ 11:17 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 9.8962° East, latitude 44.5254° North, depth = 10 km.

Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Genoa (c. 580 200 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Modena (c. 158 900 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Parma (c. 146 300 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Reggio nell’Emilia (c. 133 300 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Piacenza (c. 93 200 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from La Spezia (c. 88 500 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Lucca (c. 81 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Orzinuovi, Soncino, Arenzano (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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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 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: 7 km WNW of Berceto, Italy.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	9.8962° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	44.5254° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7km WNW of Berceto, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2019-08-13 11:17:18	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2019-08-19 10:49:49	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	326	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	0.381	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	27	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	us600054gs	Id of event.
Event Code	600054gs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us600054gs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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