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Light earthquake: M4.7 quake has struck near Agropoli in Italy

Posted by admin on September 21, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.3429S, 14.9139WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Agropoli in Italy. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/09/19 / 2019-09-21 19:55:48 / September 21, 2019 @ 7:55 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us60005ltu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60005ltu. Exact location of earthquake, 14.9139° East, 40.3429° North, depth 294.63 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 294.63 km (183 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 20:55:48 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Event epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Napoli (c. 959 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Salerno (c. 125 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Torre del Greco (c. 85 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Giugliano in Campania (c. 80 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Caserta (c. 72 800 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Castellammare di Stabia (c. 65 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Afragola (c. 62 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Casal di Principe, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, San Prisco.

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 have been detected in the same area. 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.

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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 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 W of Agropoli, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 14.9139° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.3429° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 294.63 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km W of Agropoli, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-09-21 19:55:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-09-21 20:13:16 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 340 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 0.736 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 72 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 us60005ltu Id of event.
Event Code 60005ltu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60005ltu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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