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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 11 km W of Nocera Terinese, Italy

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Nocera Terinese in Italy. Exact location of earthquake, 16.0397° East, 39.0184° North, depth 34.32 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:52:56 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/03/20 / 2020-03-17 00:52:56 / March 17, 2020 @ 12:52 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us60008gwk. Unique identifier: us60008gwk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.32 km (21 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Catanzaro (c. 79 000 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Crotone (c. 48 700 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villa San Giovanni, Crotone, Isola di Capo Rizzuto (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km W of Nocera Terinese, Italy. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	16.0397° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.0184° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	34.32 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11km W of Nocera Terinese, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-03-17 00:52:56	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-17 01:23:38	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	271	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	0.581	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.21 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	60	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mwr	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us60008gwk	Id of event.
Event Code	60008gwk	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us60008gwk,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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