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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Acitrezza in Italy

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A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 0 kilometers (0 miles) from Acitrezza in Italy on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/12/18 / 2018-12-26 02:19:16 / December 26, 2018 @ 2:19 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ixky. Unique identifier: us2000ixky. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 15.1663 East, latitude 37.555 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 03:19:16 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was San Cataldo, Castelbuono, Riesi. Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Catania (c. 290 900 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Siracusa (c. 97 500 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Gela (c. 73 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Ragusa (c. 61 400 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Caltanissetta (c. 56 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 0 km SE of Acitrezza, Italy. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	15.1663° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.555° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	0km SE of Acitrezza, Italy	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2018-12-26 02:19:16	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2018-12-26 02:45:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	60	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	8	The total number of felt reports
CDI	7.2	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	406	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	0.721	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.38 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	us2000ixky	Id of event.
Event Code	2000ixky	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us2000ixky,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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