A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Montecilfone in Italy on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 09:48:43 / April 25, 2018 @ 9:48 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 14.8086° East, 41.9232° North. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:48:43 / 10:48 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000drwf. Unique identifier: us1000drwf. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Silvi, Benevento, Ariano Irpino-Martiri (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Foggia (c. 137 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from San Severo (c. 54 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Benevento (c. 48 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Chieti (c. 44 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 3 km NW of Montecilfone, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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