A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Jankovec in Macedonia on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 20.9651° East, latitude 41.1896° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us100096aj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100096aj. The temblor was picked up at 02:54:12 / 2:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/17 / 2017-07-03 01:54:12 / July 3, 2017 @ 1:54 am.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 74 km (46 miles) from Elbasan (c. 100 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Bitola (c. 86 500 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Prilep (c. 73 800 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Korçë (c. 58 300 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Ohrid (c. 54 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bogovinje, Kastoriá, Čaška (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Albania (c. 2 987 000 pop), Macedonia (c. 2 062 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 9 km NNW of Jankovec, Macedonia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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