A minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Campan in France. Exact location, longitude 0.2951° East, latitude 42.9644° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 06/08/18 / 2018-08-06 20:49:12 / August 6, 2018 @ 8:49 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000g4kh. Unique identifier: us1000g4kh. The temblor was reported at 21:49:12 / 9:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, France (c. 64 768 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Pau (c. 82 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Tarbes (c. 52 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Auch (c. 24 500 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Lourdes (c. 15 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Billère (c. 14 900 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Lons (c. 13 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jaca, Auch, Oloron-Sainte-Marie (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.
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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: 11 km ESE of Campan, France. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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