A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Trapani in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:25:14 / 9:25 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/15 / 2015-08-29 20:25:14 / August 29, 2015 @ 8:25 pm. Unique identifier: us1000361b. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000361b. Exact location of event, longitude 12.1812 East, latitude 38.4762 North, depth = 10.49 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.49 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Marsala (c. 77 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Trapani (c. 58 700 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Alcamo (c. 44 400 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Carini (c. 35 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Partinico (c. 28 700 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Casa Santa (c. 23 900 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Castellammare del Golfo (c. 13 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Borgetto, Partinico, Carini (min 5000 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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 58 km NNW of Trapani, Italy.
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