A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Blagaj in Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday. Exact location of event, longitude 17.894 East, latitude 43.2193 North, depth = 11.13 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/16 / 2016-10-31 09:38:13 / October 31, 2016 @ 9:38 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 11.13 km (7 miles). Id of earthquake: us1000737r. Event ids that are associated: us1000737r. The temblor was picked up at 10:38:13 / 10:38 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mahala, Podhum, Visoko. Close country/countries that might be effected, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Sarajevo (c. 696 700 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Mostar (c. 104 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Trebinje (c. 33 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Dubrovnik (c. 28 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Visoko (c. 17 900 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Konjic (c. 16 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km S of Blagaj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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