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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Laura in Italy


Earthquake location 40.423S, 14.9643WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Laura in Italy on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 17:51:58 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 300.977 km (187 miles). Exact location, longitude 14.9643° East, latitude 40.423° North, depth = 300.977 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/02/25 / 2025-02-04 17:51:58 / February 4, 2025 @ 5:51 pm. Event id: us7000pbac. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pbac.

Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Napoli (c. 959 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Salerno (c. 125 800 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Torre del Greco (c. 85 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Giugliano in Campania (c. 80 300 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Caserta (c. 72 800 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Castellammare di Stabia (c. 65 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Venosa, Villa di Briano, Curti (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km WSW of Laura, Italy.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 14.9643° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.423° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 300.977 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2 km WSW of Laura, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-04 17:51:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-04 20:30:42 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 284 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.678 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 47 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 us7000pbac Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbac An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbac, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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