A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Maltignano in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 04:19:44 / 4:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 02:19:44 / August 24, 2016 @ 2:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 13.0957 East, latitude 42.6196 North, depth = 7.75 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.75 km (5 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006g7u. Id of event: us10006g7u.
Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anguillara Sabazia, Chieti, Zagarolo (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 was reported 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: 9 km SSE of Maltignano, Italy.
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