A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Norcia in Italy on Sunday. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007335. Unique identifier: us10007335. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:34:55 / 2:34 pm (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: 30/10/16 / 2016-10-30 13:34:55 / October 30, 2016 @ 1:34 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 13.0994 East, latitude 42.805 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Villanova, Subiaco, Capranica (min 5000 pop). Close 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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 NNE of Norcia, Italy.
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