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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Negreşti in Romania

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Negreşti in Romania on Thursday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/10/20 / 2020-10-29 22:39:36 / October 29, 2020 @ 10:39 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000c7s6. Event ids that are associated: us7000c7s6. Exact location of event, longitude 27.4491 East, latitude 46.8029 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:39:36 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Iaşi (c. 318 000 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Bacău (c. 171 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Piatra Neamţ (c. 102 700 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Vaslui (c. 69 200 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Roman (c. 67 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Bârlad (c. 67 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Dolhasca, Storeşti, Bălţăteşti.

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 two 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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 3 km SSE of Negreşti, Romania.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	27.4491° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	46.8029° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	3 km SSE of Negreşti, Romania	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-10-29 22:39:36	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-10-29 23:08:10	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	4.3	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	300	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	1.677	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.89 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	66	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	us7000c7s6	Id of event.
Event Code	7000c7s6	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000c7s6,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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