A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Ain Bessem in Algeria. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 3.4784° East, 36.3952° North, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/07/16 / 2016-07-06 20:52:30 / July 6, 2016 @ 8:52 pm UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us100061ff. Event ids that are associated: us100061ff. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:52:30 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ighram, Azazga, ‘Aïn el Hadjel (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from Algiers (c. 1 977 700 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Boumerdas (c. 786 500 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Bab Ezzouar (c. 275 600 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Blida (c. 182 400 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Médéa (c. 147 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Tizi Ouzou (c. 144 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Algeria (c. 34 586 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 20 km WNW of Ain Bessem, Algeria.
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