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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Campana in Italy


Earthquake location 39.411S, 16.7948WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Campana in Italy. Global time and date of event 01/08/24 / 2024-08-01 19:43:20 / August 1, 2024 @ 7:43 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us6000nhfg. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nhfg. The epicenter was at a depth of 25.686 km (16 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:43:20 / 7:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 16.7948° East, 39.411° North, depth 25.686 km.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Praia a Mare, Serra San Bruno, Vibo Valentia (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 61 km (38 miles) from Catanzaro (c. 79 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Crotone (c. 48 700 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Quattromiglia (c. 22 900 pop).

There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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: 2 km W of Campana, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 16.7948° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.411° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 25.686 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km W of Campana, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-01 19:43:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-01 20:02:09 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 400 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 107 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.954 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.9 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us6000nhfg Id of event.
Event Code 6000nhfg An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nhfg, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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