A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Arquata del Tronto in Italy on Saturday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8 km (5 miles). Unique identifier: us100074df. Ids that are associated to the event: us100074df. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:29:11 / 10:29 pm (local time epicenter). 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: 05/11/16 / 2016-11-05 21:29:11 / November 5, 2016 @ 9:29 pm. Exact location of event, depth 8 km, 13.19° East, 42.73° North.
Epicenter of the event was 78 km (48 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Riano, Subiaco, Mentana (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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days twenty-six, in the past 30 days thirty-one and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km WSW of Arquata del Tronto, Italy. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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