A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Lumijoki in Finland on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c1vm. Id of event: us2000c1vm. The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:32:12 / 12:32 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/12/17 / 2017-12-07 22:32:12 / December 7, 2017 @ 10:32 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 25.2949 East, latitude 64.8469 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 20 km (13 miles) from Oulu (c. 128 600 pop), 43 km (26 miles) from Raahe (c. 22 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Haukipudas (c. 17 300 pop), 12 km (8 miles) from Kempele (c. 14 300 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Kiiminki (c. 12 100 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Oulunsalo (c. 9 600 pop). Nearby country/countries, Finland (c. 5 244 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haapavesi, Oulainen, Ii (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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km ENE of Lumijoki, Finland.
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