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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Nereju Mic in Romania


Earthquake location 45.7043S, 26.5971WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Nereju Mic in Romania. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 12:09:01 / 12:09 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 12:09:01 / August 1, 2024 @ 12:09 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 26.5971° East, latitude 45.7043° North, depth = 133.894 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 133.894 km (83 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us6000nhbu. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nhbu.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Braşov (c. 276 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Buzău (c. 131 000 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Focşani (c. 105 100 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sfântu-Gheorghe (c. 60 700 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Câmpina (c. 41 600 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Tecuci (c. 41 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Câmpina, Slobozia-Conache, Pogoanele.

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 7 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.5971° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.7043° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 133.894 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7 km W of Nereju Mic, Romania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-01 12:09:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 12:59:03 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 284 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.505 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us6000nhbu Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhbu An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhbu, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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