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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Żurrieq in Malta

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Żurrieq in Malta on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.32 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c2z5. Id of event: us6000c2z5. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:01:01 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 14.409° East, 35.6646° North, depth 10.32 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/09/20 / 2020-09-30 01:01:01 / September 30, 2020 @ 1:01 am.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Żebbuġ, Għarb, San Lawrenz (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Malta (c. 403 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Birkirkara (c. 21 700 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Qormi (c. 18 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Mosta (c. 17 800 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Żabbar (c. 15 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from San Pawl il-Baħar (c. 14 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Saint John (c. 12 300 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 four 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km SSW of Żurrieq, Malta. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	14.409° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.6646° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10.32 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	19 km SSW of Żurrieq, Malta	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-09-30 01:01:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-09-30 01:15:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	4	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.1	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	286	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	0.196	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	71	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	us6000c2z5	Id of event.
Event Code	6000c2z5	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000c2z5,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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