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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 2 km NE of Procida, Italy

Posted by admin on May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.7672S, 14.0351WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Procida in Italy on Monday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:46:13 / 7:46 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.639 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us6000mzw5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mzw5. Exact location, longitude 14.0351° East, latitude 40.7672° North, depth = 7.639 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 20/05/24 / 2024-05-20 19:46:13 / May 20, 2024 @ 7:46 pm UTC/GMT.

The epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Napoli (c. 959 500 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Salerno (c. 125 800 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Torre del Greco (c. 85 900 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Giugliano in Campania (c. 80 300 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Caserta (c. 72 800 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Castellammare di Stabia (c. 65 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Grottaminarda, Quadrivio, Terracina (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 2 km NE of Procida, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 14.0351° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.7672° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.639 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km NE of Procida, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-20 19:46:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-20 20:37:31 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI 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 271 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.482 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us6000mzw5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000mzw5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mzw5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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