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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 37 km SSE of Palizzi Marina, Italy

Posted by admin on April 16, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.6137S, 16.1457WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Palizzi Marina in Italy. Exact location of event, depth 48.482 km, 16.1457° East, 37.6137° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q6cn. Unique identifier: us6000q6cn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 48.482 km (30 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:26:09 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/04/25 / 2025-04-16 01:26:09 / April 16, 2025 @ 1:26 am.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Priolo Gargallo, San Pietro Clarenza, Misterbianco (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 96 km (59 miles) from Catania (c. 290 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Siracusa (c. 97 500 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Acireale (c. 49 500 pop), 99 km (61 miles) from Misterbianco (c. 45 500 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Augusta (c. 30 700 pop).

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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 37 km SSE of Palizzi Marina, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 16.1457° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.6137° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 48.482 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 37 km SSE of Palizzi Marina, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-16 01:26:09 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-16 01:47:54 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 340 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 97 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.2 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.89 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 111 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 us6000q6cn Id of event.
Event Code 6000q6cn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q6cn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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