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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag has occurred near Palata in Italy

Posted by admin on August 14, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 41.8526S, 14.7796WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Palata in Italy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 14.7796° East, latitude 41.8526° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000g99h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g99h. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/08/18 / 2018-08-14 21:48:31 / August 14, 2018 @ 9:48 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:48:31 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Foggia (c. 137 000 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Caserta (c. 72 800 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from San Severo (c. 54 900 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Manfredonia (c. 52 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Benevento (c. 48 900 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cicciano, Avella, Isola del Liri.

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 has occurred nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 4 km S of Palata, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 14.7796° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.8526° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km S of Palata, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-08-14 21:48:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-08-14 22:16:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 20 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.3 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 365 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 0.671 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.28 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 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 us1000g99h Id of event.
Event Code 1000g99h An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000g99h, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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