A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Maltignano in Italy on Thursday. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:36:07 / 2:36 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20006tu8. Event ids that are associated: us20006tu8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 13.1641 East, latitude 42.6583 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/16 / 2016-08-25 12:36:07 / August 25, 2016 @ 12:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Capranica, Sulmona, Formello (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 10 km ESE of Maltignano, Italy.
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