A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Norcia in Italy on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 13.1654 East, latitude 42.839 North, depth = 6.63 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:12:53 / 8:12 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us10006j30. Event ids that are associated: us10006j30. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/16 / 2016-08-31 18:12:53 / August 31, 2016 @ 6:12 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.63 km (4 miles). 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 Palombara Sabina, Fabrica di Roma, Rignano Flaminio (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (44 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 87 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 one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 7 km NE of Norcia, Italy.
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