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Light earthquake 4.5 mag, 3 km WNW of Nereju, Romania

Posted by admin on August 30, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 45.7317S, 26.6826WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Nereju in Romania. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/08/19 / 2019-08-30 07:00:04 / August 30, 2019 @ 7:00 am. Exact location of event, depth 132.48 km, 26.6826° East, 45.7317° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 132.48 km (82 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us70005a3d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005a3d. The temblor was reported at 09:00:04 / 9:00 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Braşov (c. 276 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Bacău (c. 171 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Buzău (c. 131 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Focşani (c. 105 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Bârlad (c. 67 800 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Sfântu-Gheorghe (c. 60 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Miercurea-Ciuc (c. 41 300 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miercurea-Ciuc, Scorţeni, Codlea.

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km WNW of Nereju, Romania.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.6826° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.7317° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 132.48 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km WNW of Nereju, Romania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-30 07:00:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-30 07:19:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 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 312 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 0.571 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us70005a3d Id of event.
Event Code 70005a3d An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70005a3d, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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