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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake strikes near Lipari in Italy


Earthquake location 38.637S, 15.31WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (mg/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Lipari in Italy. The temblor was reported at 09:22:42 / 9:22 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 213.65 km (133 miles). Global time of event 09/05/15 / 2015-05-09 08:22:42 / May 9, 2015 @ 8:22 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude 15.31 East, latitude 38.637 North, depth 213.65 km, unique identifier, us20002e1b.

Close countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (c. 34 600 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Milazzo (c. 31 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Vibo Valentia (c. 19 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, Siderno, Fiumefreddo Sicilia.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 15.31° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.637° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 213.65 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 36km ENE of Lipari, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-05-09 08:22:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-05-09 08:38:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 326 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.593 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.92 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 us20002e1b Id of event.
Event Code 20002e1b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us20002e1b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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