A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Amatrice in Italy. Exact location of earthquake, 13.3092° East, 42.6683° North, depth 5.82 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 23:34:12 / December 3, 2017 @ 11:34 pm. The temblor was reported at 00:34:12 / 12:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.82 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000bkp1. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000bkp1. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chiugiana-La Commenda, Tor Lupara, Bagni di Tivoli (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km NNE of Amatrice, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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