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Minor earthquake: M3.8 quake has struck near Petrinja in Croatia


Earthquake location 45.4735S, 16.2157WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Petrinja in Croatia. Exact location of event, depth 9.37 km, 16.2157° East, 45.4735° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.37 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/01/21 / 2021-01-10 23:28:01 / January 10, 2021 @ 11:28 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 23:28:01 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000d7bt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000d7bt.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Zagreb – Centar (c. 800 000 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Zagreb (c. 699 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Bihać (c. 75 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Sesvete (c. 52 400 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Karlovac (c. 48 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Stenjevec (c. 41 300 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sanski Most, Škocjan, Omarska.

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 7 km NW of Petrinja, Croatia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 16.2157° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.4735° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.37 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km NW of Petrinja, Croatia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2021-01-10 23:28:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2021-01-11 01:05:23 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 223 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 0.997 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 49 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 us6000d7bt Id of event.
Event Code 6000d7bt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000d7bt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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