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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Kurbnesh in Albania

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Kurbnesh in Albania. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 20.1611° East, 41.8524° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/01/20 / 2020-01-19 12:52:32 / January 19, 2020 @ 12:52 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:52:32 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us60007ane. Event ids that are associated: us60007ane.

The epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Tirana (c. 374 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Prizren (c. 171 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Durrës (c. 122 000 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Gjakovë (c. 94 200 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Kosovo (c. 1 800 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cërrik, Llazicë, Klina (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 10 km NE of Kurbnesh, Albania.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	20.1611° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.8524° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10km NE of Kurbnesh, Albania	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-01-19 12:52:32	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-01-19 13:06:47	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	284	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	0.883	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.64 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	61	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	us60007ane	Id of event.
Event Code	60007ane	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60007ane,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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