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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Ventotene in Italy

Posted by admin on November 19, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 40.774S, 13.6198WA light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ventotene in Italy. Unique identifier: us6000rnx5. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rnx5. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 13.6198 East, latitude 40.774 North, depth = 406.415 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/25 / 2025-11-18 12:36:05 / November 18, 2025 @ 12:36 pm. The temblor was reported at 12:36:05 / 12:36 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 406.415 km (253 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piazza del Galdo-Sant’Angelo, Ceccano, Cava Dè Tirreni (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) from Napoli (c. 959 500 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Torre del Greco (c. 85 900 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Giugliano in Campania (c. 80 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Caserta (c. 72 800 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Castellammare di Stabia (c. 65 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Afragola (c. 62 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 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 three and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every 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. 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: 16 km E of Ventotene, Italy.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 13.6198° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 40.774° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 406.415 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km E of Ventotene, Italy Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-18 12:36:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-19 14:07:16 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 52 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.763 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 us6000rnx5 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rnx5 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rnx5, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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