A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Visso in Italy. Global time and date of event 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 00:21:31 / October 27, 2016 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 13.0198 East, latitude 42.9519 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10007281. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007281. The temblor was detected at 02:21:31 / 2:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquake epicenter was 54 km (34 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Ascoli Piceno (c. 41 700 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Montefiascone, Penne, Camucia-Monsigliolo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 WNW of Visso, Italy.
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