Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Lesina in Italy

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lesina in Italy on Friday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 15.449 East, latitude 41.9788 North, depth = 8.742 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/03/25 / 2025-03-14 19:37:15 / March 14, 2025 @ 7:37 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000pywp. Id of event: us6000pywp. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:37:15 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 8.742 km (5 miles).

Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Barletta, Canosa di Puglia, Bojano (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 58 km (36 miles) from Foggia (c. 137 000 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Barletta (c. 93 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from San Severo (c. 54 900 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Cerignola (c. 54 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Manfredonia (c. 52 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Campobasso (c. 39 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Lucera (c. 32 200 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 15 km NNE of Lesina, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	15.449° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	41.9788° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.742 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	15 km NNE of Lesina, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-14 19:37:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-14 19:54:13	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	385	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	80	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.314	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	34	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000pywp	Id of event.
Event Code	6000pywp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pywp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

15.449° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

41.9788° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

8.742 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

15 km NNE of Lesina, Italy

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-03-14 19:37:15

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-03-14 19:54:13

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

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

385

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.314

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.74 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000pywp

Id of event.

Event Code

6000pywp

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000pywp,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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