A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 47 kilometers (29 miles) from As Sukhnah in Syria. The temblor was detected at 19:13:34 / 7:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 39.0893° East, 35.2785° North, depth 28.82 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 28.82 km (18 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000682z. Event ids that are associated: us1000682z. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/07/16 / 2016-07-28 16:13:34 / July 28, 2016 @ 4:13 pm UTC/GMT.
Close country/countries, Syria (c. 22 198 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Ar Raqqah (c. 177 600 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Ath Thawrah (c. 87 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ath Thawrah, Ar Raqqah.
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 was reported nearby. Each 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 47 km NNE of As Sukhnah, Syria.
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