A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Norcia in Italy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.81 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 13.0519° East, latitude 42.8379° North, depth = 3.81 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 08:21:45 / October 27, 2016 @ 8:21 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:21:45 / 10:21 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100072aj. Unique identifier: us100072aj.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Silvi, Marcellina, Le Grazie di Ancona. Event epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 6 km NW of Norcia, Italy.
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