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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Lyaskovets in Bulgaria


Earthquake location 43.1443S, 25.812WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Lyaskovets in Bulgaria. Unique identifier: us10007pj8. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007pj8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.36 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.812 East, latitude 43.1443 North, depth = 20.36 km. The temblor was reported at 00:02:33 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 22:02:33 / January 3, 2017 @ 10:02 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yambol, Frăteşti, Kubrat (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Ruse (c. 156 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Stara Zagora (c. 143 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sliven (c. 96 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Shumen (c. 87 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yambol (c. 80 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Giurgiu (c. 69 100 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. 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: 7 km ENE of Lyaskovets, Bulgaria.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 25.812° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.1443° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 20.36 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 7km ENE of Lyaskovets, Bulgaria Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-01-03 22:02:33 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-01-03 22:56:47 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 3 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.6 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 272 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 1.965 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 52 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 us10007pj8 Id of event.
Event Code 10007pj8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007pj8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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