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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Nevesinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina


Earthquake location 43.2431S, 18.0606WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Nevesinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/12/19 / 2019-12-01 03:03:49 / December 1, 2019 @ 3:03 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.94 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 04:03:49 / 4:03 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us70006exe. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006exe. Exact location of event, longitude 18.0606 East, latitude 43.2431 North, depth = 4.94 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Sarajevo (c. 696 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Mostar (c. 104 500 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Nikšić (c. 58 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Trebinje (c. 33 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dubrovnik (c. 28 400 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Visoko (c. 17 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Šavnik, Nikšić, Goražde (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop), Montenegro (c. 667 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km WSW of Nevesinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This data 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 18.0606° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 43.2431° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.94 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km WSW of Nevesinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-12-01 03:03:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-01 03:48:46 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 1.2 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us70006exe Id of event.
Event Code 70006exe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70006exe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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