A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Donja Brela in Croatia. The temblor was picked up at 13:53:11 / 1:53 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000cfak. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000cfak. Global time and date of event 03/02/18 / 2018-02-03 12:53:11 / February 3, 2018 @ 12:53 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 24.91 km (15 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 16.8644 East, latitude 43.3583 North, depth = 24.91 km.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Stolac, Konjic, Knin (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Split (c. 176 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Mostar (c. 104 500 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Bugojno (c. 41 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Šibenik (c. 37 100 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Konjic (c. 16 000 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Solin (c. 15 900 pop). Nearby country/countries, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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 WSW of Donja Brela, Croatia.
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