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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Trasacco in Italy


Earthquake location 41.9141S, 13.5202WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Trasacco in Italy. The epicenter was at a depth of 16.23 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:37:47 / 7:37 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000izp2. Event ids that are associated: us2000izp2. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/01/19 / 2019-01-01 18:37:47 / January 1, 2019 @ 6:37 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 13.5202° East, 41.9141° North, depth 16.23 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Vitinia, Calvi Risorta, Casalbordino-Miracoli. Epicenter of the event was 84 km (52 miles) from Rome (c. 2 318 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Latina (c. 76 300 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Velletri (c. 48 400 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km SSW of Trasacco, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 13.5202° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 41.9141° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.23 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km SSW of Trasacco, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-01-01 18:37:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-01-01 18:52:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 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 271 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 0.302 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.85 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 81 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 us2000izp2 Id of event.
Event Code 2000izp2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000izp2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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