A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Norcia in Italy. The epicenter was at a depth of 5.67 km (4 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/08/16 / 2016-08-28 15:55:36 / August 28, 2016 @ 3:55 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 13.1519 East, latitude 42.7872 North, depth = 5.67 km. The temblor was reported at 17:55:36 / 5:55 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006utk. Id of event: us20006utk.
Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Castiglione del Lago, Villa Adriana, Trasacco (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 4 km E of Norcia, Italy.
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