A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Visso in Italy on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/16 / 2016-08-28 16:42:02 / August 28, 2016 @ 4:42 pm. Id of earthquake: us20006uu0. Event ids that are associated: us20006uu0. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:42:02 / 6:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 13.0321° East, 42.8642° North.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 59 km (37 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 28 km (18 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ronciglione, Città di Castello, Palombara Sabina (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 8 km SSW of Visso, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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