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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Lipari in Italy

Posted by admin on August 17, 2019 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.8138S, 14.7028WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Lipari in Italy. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 284.07 km (177 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us600056hr. Event ids that are associated: us600056hr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 22:35:13 / 10:35 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/08/19 / 2019-08-17 21:35:13 / August 17, 2019 @ 9:35 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 14.7028 East, latitude 38.8138 North, depth = 284.07 km.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Villafranca Tirrena, Torregrotta, Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 85 km (53 miles) from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (c. 34 600 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Milazzo (c. 31 800 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Capo d’Orlando (c. 12 000 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Sant’Agata di Militello (c. 9 900 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Patti (c. 9 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Villafranca Tirrena (c. 8 100 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 44 km NNW of Lipari, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 14.7028° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8138° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 284.07 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 44km NNW of Lipari, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-08-17 21:35:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-08-17 21:52:01 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 1.085 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.86 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 us600056hr Id of event.
Event Code 600056hr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us600056hr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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