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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near As Salamīyah in Syria

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from As Salamīyah in Syria on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 10:15:37 / August 16, 2024 @ 10:15 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000n7dh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000n7dh. The temblor was reported at 10:15:37 / 10:15 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 37.0397 East, latitude 35.1009 North, depth = 10 km.

The epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Homs (c. 775 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from (c. 460 600 pop), 99 km (62 miles) from Idlib (c. 128 800 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from As Salamīyah (c. 94 900 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ar Rastan (c. 53 200 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Khān Shaykhūn (c. 49 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Al Quşayr (c. 41 100 pop). Nearby country/countries, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Binnish, Bāniyās, Idlib.

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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 10 km N of As Salamīyah, Syria.

Al Quşayr Ar Rastan As Salamīyah Bāniyās Binnish Homs Idlib Khān Shaykhūn Syria

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	37.0397° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.1009° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	10 km N of As Salamīyah, Syria	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-08-16 10:15:37	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-16 10:35:07	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	354	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	83	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.071	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	65	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	us7000n7dh	Id of event.
Event Code	7000n7dh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000n7dh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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