A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Amatrice in Italy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 03:40:11 / August 24, 2016 @ 3:40 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10006g8a. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006g8a. Exact location of event, depth 10.72 km, 13.2398° East, 42.6328° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.72 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 05:40:11 / 5:40 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fiuggi, Orvieto, Ronciglione (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km W of Amatrice, Italy. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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