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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Grębocice in Poland


Earthquake location 51.5927S, 16.1067WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Grębocice in Poland on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/07/20 / 2020-07-30 15:36:31 / July 30, 2020 @ 3:36 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:36:31 / 3:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 16.1067 East, latitude 51.5927 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000b6xx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b6xx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Wrocław (c. 634 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Zielona Góra (c. 118 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Legnica (c. 106 000 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Jelenia Góra (c. 87 300 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Lubin (c. 77 500 pop), 8 km (5 miles) from Głogów (c. 68 500 pop). Close country/countries, Poland (c. 38 500 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Zgorzelec, Kowary, Kamienna Góra (min 5000 pop).

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 two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km W of Grębocice, Poland. 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 16.1067° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 51.5927° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km W of Grębocice, Poland Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-07-30 15:36:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-07-30 18:09:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 1.963 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.02 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 60 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 us6000b6xx Id of event.
Event Code 6000b6xx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000b6xx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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