A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 59 kilometers (37 miles) from Santo Stefano di Camastra in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 22:46:24 / August 8, 2015 @ 10:46 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100030ha. Unique identifier: us100030ha. Exact location of earthquake, 14.26° East, 38.55° North, depth 14 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:46:24 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Misilmeri, Ciaculli, Terme (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Bagheria (c. 53 000 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Termini Imerese (c. 23 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Misilmeri (c. 19 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Villabate (c. 19 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Capo d’Orlando (c. 12 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Cefalù (c. 11 600 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 59 km N of Santo Stefano di Camastra, Italy.
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