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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near San Nicola Arcella in Italy


Earthquake location 39.8158S, 15.5865WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from San Nicola Arcella in Italy. Event id: us7000nry0. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nry0. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 266.221 km (165 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 08:05:48 / November 15, 2024 @ 8:05 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 15.5865° East, latitude 39.8158° North, depth = 266.221 km. The temblor was reported at 08:05:48 / 8:05 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rossano Stazione, Amantea, Corigliano Calabro. Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Quattromiglia (c. 22 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Castrovillari (c. 20 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Agropoli (c. 17 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Corigliano Scalo (c. 15 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km W of San Nicola Arcella, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.5865° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.8158° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 266.221 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km W of San Nicola Arcella, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-15 08:05:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-15 08:28:18 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 271 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.25 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 69 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 us7000nry0 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nry0 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nry0, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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