A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Norcia in Italy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.58 km (4 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 13.1657° East, 42.8133° North, depth 6.58 km. Global time and date of event 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 02:01:08 / August 24, 2016 @ 2:01 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us10006g7l. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006g7l. The temblor was reported at 04:01:08 / 4:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chieti, Nepi, Marcellina. Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 6 km ENE of Norcia, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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