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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Prizren in Kosovo

Posted by admin on December 12, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 42.1518S, 20.5923WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Prizren in Kosovo on Thursday. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/12/24 / 2024-12-12 00:46:07 / December 12, 2024 @ 12:46 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 20.5923° East, latitude 42.1518° North, depth = 16.696 km. The temblor was detected at 00:46:07 / 12:46 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.696 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ny0m. Id of event: us7000ny0m.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop), Kosovo (c. 1 800 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 75 km (46 miles) from Pristina (c. 550 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Skopje (c. 474 900 pop), 14 km (9 miles) from Prizren (c. 171 500 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Mitrovicë (c. 107 000 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Gjakovë (c. 94 200 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Shkodër (c. 88 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Laç, Kumanovo, Andrijevica.

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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 13 km WSW of Prizren, Kosovo. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 20.5923° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.1518° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 16.696 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km WSW of Prizren, Kosovo Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-12 00:46:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-12 00:59:44 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 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 85 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.972 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.95 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us7000ny0m Id of event.
Event Code 7000ny0m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ny0m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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