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Light earthquake: M4.9 quake has struck near Peje in Kosovo


Earthquake location 42.6583S, 19.8827WA light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Peje in Kosovo. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 11:46:12 / 11:46 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 04/01/18 / 2018-01-04 10:46:12 / January 4, 2018 @ 10:46 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 19.8827° East, latitude 42.6583° North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c0lz. Id of event: us1000c0lz.

The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) from Prizren (c. 171 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Podgorica (c. 136 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mitrovicë (c. 107 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Gjakovë (c. 94 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Novi Pazar (c. 86 000 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pejë (c. 81 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Plužine, Tivat, Lezhë (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Montenegro (c. 667 000 pop), Serbia (c. 7 345 000 pop), Kosovo (c. 1 800 000 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 33 km W of Peje, Kosovo. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 19.8827° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.6583° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33km W of Peje, Kosovo Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-01-04 10:46:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-01-04 10:57:11 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 369 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 1.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.81 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 25 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 us1000c0lz Id of event.
Event Code 1000c0lz An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000c0lz, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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