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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 8 km ESE of Rocca di Neto, Italy


Earthquake location 39.1654S, 17.0979WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Rocca di Neto in Italy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.301 km (21 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:40:59 / 12:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 17.0979 East, latitude 39.1654 North, depth = 33.301 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/02/25 / 2025-02-18 12:40:59 / February 18, 2025 @ 12:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us7000pehc. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pehc.

Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Catanzaro (c. 79 000 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 9 km (6 miles) from Crotone (c. 48 700 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Trebisacce, Pizzo, Amantea.

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 six 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 8 km ESE of Rocca di Neto, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 17.0979° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.1654° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33.301 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km ESE of Rocca di Neto, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-18 12:40:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-25 07:44:57 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.291 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us7000pehc Id of event.
Event Code 7000pehc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pehc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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