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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Amatrice in Italy


Earthquake location 42.682S, 13.2247WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Amatrice in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/06/17 / 2017-06-30 00:25:19 / June 30, 2017 @ 12:25 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 13.2247° East, 42.682° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us100095dw. Event ids that are associated: us100095dw. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:25:19 / 1:25 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bagni di Tivoli, Francavilla al Mare, Osimo. Event epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 8 km NW of Amatrice, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 13.2247° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.682° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8km NW of Amatrice, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2017-06-30 00:25:19 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2017-06-30 00:40:42 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 259 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 0.172 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.69 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us100095dw Id of event.
Event Code 100095dw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us100095dw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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