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Strong earthquake, 6.4 mag was detected near Croatia region


Earthquake location 45.4121S, 16.2977WA earthquake magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Croatia region kilometers (0 miles) from Croatia region. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:19:54 / 11:19 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000d3zh. Unique identifier: us6000d3zh. Exact location of earthquake, 16.2977° East, 45.4121° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/12/20 / 2020-12-29 11:19:54 / December 29, 2020 @ 11:19 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Zagreb – Centar (c. 800 000 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Zagreb (c. 699 000 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Banja Luka (c. 221 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Bihać (c. 75 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Sesvete (c. 52 400 pop), 128 km (79 miles) from Nagykanizsa (c. 50 800 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Karlovac (c. 48 100 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Varaždin (c. 41 800 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop), Hungary (c. 9 982 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Miklavž na Dravskem Polju, Ivančna Gorica, Križevci pri Ljutomeru.

There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Croatia region.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 16.2977° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.4121° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place Croatia region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-12-29 11:19:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-12-29 11:45:40 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 75 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.7 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 680 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 0.913 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.87 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 13 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000d3zh Id of event.
Event Code 6000d3zh An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d3zh, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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