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Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Brezoi in Romania


Earthquake location 45.3479S, 24.1899WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Brezoi in Romania on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 29/12/15 / 2015-12-29 18:56:29 / December 29, 2015 @ 6:56 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 32.72 km, 24.1899° East, 45.3479° North. Event id: us10004a9m. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004a9m. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:56:29 / 8:56 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 32.72 km (20 miles).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tătărani, Rovinari, Alba Iulia. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 77 km (48 miles) from Piteşti (c. 167 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Sibiu (c. 151 900 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Râmnicu Vâlcea (c. 107 600 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Târgu Jiu (c. 97 200 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Alba Iulia (c. 66 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Mediaş (c. 53 000 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km WNW of Brezoi, Romania.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 24.1899° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.3479° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 32.72 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km WNW of Brezoi, Romania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-12-29 18:56:29 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-12-29 19:08:48 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 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 284 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 1.244 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 30 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 us10004a9m Id of event.
Event Code 10004a9m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10004a9m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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