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Minor earthquake: M3.8 quake has struck near Favignana in Italy

Posted by admin on September 21, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.9831S, 12.1978WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Favignana in Italy on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 03:00:12 / September 21, 2024 @ 3:00 am. Unique identifier: us6000ntf7. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000ntf7. Exact location, longitude 12.1978° East, latitude 37.9831° North, depth = 15.409 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.409 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:00:12 / 3:00 am (local time epicenter).

The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) from Marsala (c. 77 900 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Trapani (c. 58 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Mazara del Vallo (c. 46 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Alcamo (c. 44 400 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Partinico (c. 28 700 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Castelvetrano (c. 28 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was San Giuseppe Jato, San Cipirello, Borgetto (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).

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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 13 km WNW of Favignana, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 12.1978° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.9831° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 15.409 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km WNW of Favignana, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-21 03:00:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-21 04:56:02 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 222 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 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.784 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.11 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 116 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 us6000ntf7 Id of event.
Event Code 6000ntf7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ntf7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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