A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Norcia in Italy. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006g84. Unique identifier: us10006g84. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:59:35 / 4:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 02:59:35 / August 24, 2016 @ 2:59 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.31 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 13.0995° East, 42.821° North, depth 6.31 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Le Grazie di Ancona, Montefiascone, Monterotondo (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 3 km N of Norcia, Italy.
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