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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Africo Vecchio in Italy


Earthquake location 38.1002S, 16.0143WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Africo Vecchio in Italy on Saturday. Global time and date of event 19/12/20 / 2020-12-19 10:57:42 / December 19, 2020 @ 10:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.85 km (9 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us7000csey. Event ids that are associated: us7000csey. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 16.0143 East, latitude 38.1002 North, depth = 13.85 km. The temblor was reported at 10:57:42 / 10:57 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Acireale (c. 49 500 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (c. 34 600 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Milazzo (c. 31 800 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Giarre (c. 24 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Acireale, Girifalco, Giarre (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. 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: 4 km NE of Africo Vecchio, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 16.0143° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.1002° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 13.85 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km NE of Africo Vecchio, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-19 10:57:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-19 11:56:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 259 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 0.185 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 106 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 us7000csey Id of event.
Event Code 7000csey An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000csey, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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