A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Norcia in Italy on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000727n. Unique identifier: us1000727n. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/10/16 / 2016-10-26 23:52:31 / October 26, 2016 @ 11:52 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 01:52:31 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 13.1123 East, latitude 42.8024 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Ascoli Piceno (c. 41 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Montesilvano Marina, Avezzano, Nepi. Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 1 km NE of Norcia, Italy.
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