A minor earthquake magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Rolfs in Sweden. Exact location of event, longitude 23.0237 East, latitude 65.699 North, depth = 10 km. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:22:33 / 8:22 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us1000f3af. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000f3af. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/18 / 2018-06-27 07:22:33 / June 27, 2018 @ 7:22 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Piteå, Ylitornio, Kemi. Close country/countries that might be effected, Finland (c. 5 244 000 pop), Sweden (c. 9 556 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Luleå (c. 45 600 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Kemi (c. 22 600 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Piteå (c. 22 000 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Tornio (c. 21 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Boden (c. 18 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Keminmaa (c. 9 000 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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 17 km SSW of Rolfs, Sweden. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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