A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Delvine in Albania on Saturday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 19.976 East, latitude 40.0224 North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/12/16 / 2016-12-17 10:39:36 / December 17, 2016 @ 10:39 am. Event id: us200081v4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200081v4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:39:36 / 11:39 am (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Anatolí, Kuçovë, Fier (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Vlorë (c. 89 500 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ioánnina (c. 64 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fier-Çifçi (c. 61 000 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Fier (c. 56 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Berat (c. 46 900 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Kérkyra (c. 27 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Greece (c. 11 000 000 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 twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 13 km NW of Delvine, Albania. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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