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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Lopatari in Romania


Earthquake location 45.612S, 26.5193WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Lopatari in Romania on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 129.4 km (80 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:04:59 / 4:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 129.4 km, 26.5193° East, 45.612° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000hiiq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000hiiq. Global time and date of event 22/09/18 / 2018-09-22 02:04:59 / September 22, 2018 @ 2:04 am UTC/GMT.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ariceştii-Rahtivani, Filipeştii de Pădure, Livezi-Vale (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Braşov (c. 276 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ploieşti (c. 228 900 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Buzău (c. 131 000 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Focşani (c. 105 100 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Sfântu-Gheorghe (c. 60 700 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Câmpina (c. 41 600 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NNW of Lopatari, Romania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 26.5193° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.612° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 129.4 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15km NNW of Lopatari, Romania Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-09-22 02:04:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-10-09 00:58:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 120 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 0.242 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000hiiq Id of event.
Event Code 2000hiiq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000hiiq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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