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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near San Nicolò in Italy

Posted by admin on February 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.6227S, 15.5041WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from San Nicolò in Italy. 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 187.197 km (116 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pvns. Id of event: us6000pvns. Exact location of event, longitude 15.5041 East, latitude 38.6227 North, depth = 187.197 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/02/25 / 2025-02-26 18:11:21 / February 26, 2025 @ 6:11 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:11:21 / 6:11 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (c. 34 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Milazzo (c. 31 800 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Vibo Valentia (c. 19 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Randazzo, Fiumefreddo Sicilia, Paola (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 30 km W of San Nicolò, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.5041° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.6227° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 187.197 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km W of San Nicolò, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-26 18:11:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-26 18:40:51 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 312 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 103 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.39 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.88 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 58 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 us6000pvns Id of event.
Event Code 6000pvns An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000pvns, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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