A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Arachinovo in Macedonia. Global time and date of event 11/09/16 / 2016-09-11 04:58:00 / September 11, 2016 @ 4:58 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude 21.5408° East, latitude 42.0452° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:58:00 / 6:58 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us10006ns9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006ns9.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Makedonska Kamenica, Llazicë. Epicenter of the event was 76 km (47 miles) from Pristina (c. 550 000 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Skopje (c. 474 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Prizren (c. 171 500 pop), 17 km (11 miles) from Kumanovo (c. 76 300 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Prilep (c. 73 800 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Tetovo (c. 72 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop), Kosovo (c. 1 800 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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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. 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: 2 km NW of Arachinovo, Macedonia.
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