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Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Voetin in Romania

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Voetin in Romania. Id of earthquake: us6000nxes. Event ids that are associated: us6000nxes. The temblor was picked up at 22:48:04 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter). 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 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 27.1216° East, latitude 45.4584° North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/10/24 / 2024-10-08 22:48:04 / October 8, 2024 @ 10:48 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop). Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Galaţi (c. 294 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Brăila (c. 213 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Buzău (c. 131 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Focşani (c. 105 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Tecuci (c. 41 200 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Râmnicu Sărat (c. 38 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Amara, Valea Călugărească, Greci (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km NW of Voetin, Romania. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	27.1216° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	45.4584° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	2 km NW of Voetin, Romania	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-10-08 22:48:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-08 23:14:10	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	298	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.829	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	us6000nxes	Id of event.
Event Code	6000nxes	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nxes,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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