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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Belvedere Marittimo in Italy

Posted by admin on January 23, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 39.5647S, 15.772WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Belvedere Marittimo in Italy on Thursday. Global time and date of event 23/01/20 / 2020-01-23 04:32:34 / January 23, 2020 @ 4:32 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us60007dhb. Ids that are associated to the event: us60007dhb. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 15.772 East, latitude 39.5647 North, depth = 257.34 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 257.34 km (160 miles). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:32:34 / 5:32 am (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Quattromiglia (c. 22 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Castrovillari (c. 20 300 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sala Consilina, San Giovanni in Fiore, Mirto.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km SW of Belvedere Marittimo, Italy. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.772° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.5647° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 257.34 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km SW of Belvedere Marittimo, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-23 04:32:34 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-23 04:46:33 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 298 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 0.429 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 us60007dhb Id of event.
Event Code 60007dhb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60007dhb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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