A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Bree in Belgium. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:43:26 / 11:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 5.5731 East, latitude 51.13 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/05/18 / 2018-05-25 22:43:26 / May 25, 2018 @ 10:43 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ed2h. Id of event: us1000ed2h.
Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Aachen (c. 265 200 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Mönchengladbach (c. 261 700 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Krefeld (c. 238 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Eindhoven (c. 209 600 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Tilburg (c. 199 600 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bergheim, Sonsbeck, Kortenberg. Country/countries that might be effected, Germany (c. 81 802 000 pop), Netherlands (c. 16 645 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 2 km SW of Bree, Belgium. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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