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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Petilia Policastro in Italy

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Petilia Policastro in Italy. The temblor was reported at 00:37:10 / 12:37 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 16.6829 East, latitude 39.1015 North, depth = 5.54 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.54 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/01/20 / 2020-01-16 23:37:10 / January 16, 2020 @ 11:37 pm. Event id: us700071de. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700071de.

Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 25 km (16 miles) from Catanzaro (c. 79 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Crotone (c. 48 700 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Belvedere Marittimo, Amato, Cinque Frondi (min 5000 pop).

Every 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. 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 have been detected nearby.

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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. 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: 8 km W of Petilia Policastro, Italy.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	16.6829° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.1015° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.54 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	8km W of Petilia Policastro, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-16 23:37:10	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-16 23:58:37	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	60	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	The total number of felt reports
CDI	1	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	285	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	0.097	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.08 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	91	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	us700071de	Id of event.
Event Code	700071de	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us700071de,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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