A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, southern Italy kilometers (0 miles) from southern Italy. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:19:05 / 6:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.34 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/08/18 / 2018-08-16 18:19:05 / August 16, 2018 @ 6:19 pm. Exact location of event, depth 12.34 km, 14.8421° East, 41.8554° North. Id of earthquake: us1000gaq7. Event ids that are associated: us1000gaq7.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Saviano, Trasacco, Marigliano (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Foggia (c. 137 000 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Caserta (c. 72 800 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from San Severo (c. 54 900 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Acerra (c. 53 600 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Manfredonia (c. 52 900 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Benevento (c. 48 900 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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