A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Lyaskovets in Bulgaria. Unique identifier: us10007pj8. Ids that are associated to the event: us10007pj8. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 20.36 km (13 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.812 East, latitude 43.1443 North, depth = 20.36 km. The temblor was reported at 00:02:33 / 12:02 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/01/17 / 2017-01-03 22:02:33 / January 3, 2017 @ 10:02 pm.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Yambol, Frăteşti, Kubrat (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Bulgaria (c. 7 149 000 pop), Romania (c. 21 959 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 80 km (50 miles) from Ruse (c. 156 200 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Stara Zagora (c. 143 400 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sliven (c. 96 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Shumen (c. 87 300 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Yambol (c. 80 100 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Giurgiu (c. 69 100 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 7 km ENE of Lyaskovets, Bulgaria.
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