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Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Grębocice in Poland

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Grębocice in Poland. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 4.999 km (3 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:22:13 / 11:22 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/08/24 / 2024-08-06 23:22:13 / August 6, 2024 @ 11:22 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 16.125° East, latitude 51.6044° North, depth = 4.999 km. Event id: us6000nifx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nifx.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sobótka, Szczawno-Zdrój, Świdnica (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 84 km (52 miles) from Wrocław (c. 634 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Zielona Góra (c. 118 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Legnica (c. 106 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Jelenia Góra (c. 87 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Lubin (c. 77 500 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Głogów (c. 68 500 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km WNW of Grębocice, Poland. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	16.125° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	51.6044° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.999 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km WNW of Grębocice, Poland	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-06 23:22:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-06 23:36:20	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	246	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	46	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.262	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.93 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	39	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	us6000nifx	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nifx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nifx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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