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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Dobrica in Serbia


Earthquake location 45.2217S, 20.8894WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Dobrica in Serbia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000iwk8. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000iwk8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 06:33:08 / December 23, 2018 @ 6:33 am. Exact location of earthquake, 20.8894° East, 45.2217° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 07:33:08 / 7:33 am (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Belgrade (c. 1 273 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Timişoara (c. 315 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Novi Sad (c. 215 400 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Zemun (c. 155 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Reşiţa (c. 81 200 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Zrenjanin (c. 79 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vinga, Veternik, Variaş (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop), Serbia (c. 7 345 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km ENE of Dobrica, Serbia. 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 20.8894° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.2217° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 3km ENE of Dobrica, Serbia Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-12-23 06:33:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-12-23 07:00:52 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 2.783 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 34 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 us2000iwk8 Id of event.
Event Code 2000iwk8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000iwk8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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