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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Villafranca Tirrena in Italy

Posted by admin on January 31, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.4449S, 15.4606WA light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Villafranca Tirrena in Italy. The epicenter was at a depth of 149.11 km (93 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:10:50 / 12:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/01/20 / 2020-01-03 11:10:50 / January 3, 2020 @ 11:10 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000714i. Unique identifier: us7000714i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 15.4606 East, latitude 38.4449 North, depth = 149.11 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Giarre, Sant’Agata di Militello, Roccella Ionica (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 29 km (18 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (c. 34 600 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Milazzo (c. 31 800 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Giarre (c. 24 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Vibo Valentia (c. 19 300 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 22 km N of Villafranca Tirrena, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.4606° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4449° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 149.11 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22km N of Villafranca Tirrena, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-01-03 11:10:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-01-31 11:10:22 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 246 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 0.387 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us7000714i Id of event.
Event Code 7000714i An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000714i, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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