A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Norcia in Italy. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 13.1201 East, latitude 42.8301 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 05:19:27 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). 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: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 03:19:27 / October 27, 2016 @ 3:19 am. Id of earthquake: us1000729p. Event ids that are associated: us1000729p. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 67 km (42 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riano, Ronciglione, Montefiascone (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 4 km NNE of Norcia, Italy.
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