A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Al `Alamayn in Egypt. Event id: us20003fx2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003fx2. Exact location, longitude 28.482° East, latitude 30.6463° North, depth = 16.24 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/09/15 / 2015-09-03 01:44:41 / September 3, 2015 @ 1:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:44:41 / 3:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 16.24 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Al ‘Alamayn (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Egypt (c. 80 472 000 pop). Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Al ‘Alamayn (c. 7 400 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 nearby. 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. 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: 49 km WSW of Al `Alamayn, Egypt.
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