A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Amatrice in Italy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 06:28:27 / 6:28 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 26/08/16 / 2016-08-26 04:28:27 / August 26, 2016 @ 4:28 am. Exact location of event, longitude 13.2529 East, latitude 42.6617 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us20006u4g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006u4g.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Capranica, Camerano, Paliano (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 86 km (54 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km NW of Amatrice, Italy.
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