A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Surte in Sweden. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002w87. Unique identifier: us10002w87. The temblor was reported at 21:46:03 / 9:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 11.9012 East, latitude 57.7862 North, depth = 13.93 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/07/15 / 2015-07-29 19:46:03 / July 29, 2015 @ 7:46 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.93 km (9 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Varberg, Skagen, Vänersborg (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Sweden (c. 9 556 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 10 km (6 miles) from Göteborg (c. 504 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Borås (c. 63 200 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Mölndal (c. 59 400 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Trollhättan (c. 44 500 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Uddevalla (c. 30 300 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 occurred 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 7 km WSW of Surte, Sweden. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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