A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Pitea in Sweden. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 14.14 km (9 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005b41. Unique identifier: us20005b41. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:55:29 / 10:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 14.14 km, 22.3343° East, 65.1132° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/03/16 / 2016-03-19 21:55:29 / March 19, 2016 @ 9:55 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kalix, Älvsbyn, Boden (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Sweden (c. 9 556 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Luleå (c. 45 600 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Skellefteå (c. 30 800 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Piteå (c. 22 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Boden (c. 18 200 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Kalix (c. 7 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Älvsbyn (c. 5 000 pop).
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. 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 struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 46 km ESE of Pitea, Sweden. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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