A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Berriobeiti in Spain. Global time and date of event 10/03/17 / 2017-03-10 06:43:35 / March 10, 2017 @ 6:43 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 07:43:35 / 7:43 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.29 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008831. Id of event: us10008831. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -1.7451° West, 42.9679° North, depth 6.29 km.
The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Gasteiz / Vitoria (c. 235 700 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Pamplona (c. 198 500 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Donostia / San Sebastián (c. 185 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Logroño (c. 152 100 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Irun (c. 61 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Bayonne (c. 44 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), France (c. 64 768 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Galdakao, Alfaro, Arnedo (min 5000 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 have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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