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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Trapani in Italy


Earthquake location 38.4762S, 12.1812WA light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Trapani in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:25:14 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 20:25:14 / August 29, 2015 @ 8:25 pm. Unique identifier: us1000361b. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000361b. Exact location of event, longitude 12.1812 East, latitude 38.4762 North, depth = 10.49 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.49 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Marsala (c. 77 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Trapani (c. 58 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Alcamo (c. 44 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Carini (c. 35 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Partinico (c. 28 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Casa Santa (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Castellammare del Golfo (c. 13 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borgetto, Partinico, Carini (min 5000 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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 58 km NNW of Trapani, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 12.1812° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.4762° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 58km NNW of Trapani, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-08-29 20:25:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-08-29 21:44:33 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 1.212 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.75 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 31 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 us1000361b Id of event.
Event Code 1000361b An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000361b, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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