A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Norrsundet in Sweden. Id of earthquake: us2000ixjc. Event ids that are associated: us2000ixjc. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/18 / 2018-12-25 21:22:26 / December 25, 2018 @ 9:22 pm UTC/GMT. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:22:26 / 10:22 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 17.1682° East, 60.8498° North.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bollnäs, Tierp, Hofors. Epicenter of the earthquake was 20 km (12 miles) from Gävle (c. 68 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Sandviken (c. 22 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Bollnäs (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Söderhamn (c. 12 000 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Hofors (c. 7 000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Sweden (c. 9 556 000 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. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 11 km S of Norrsundet, Sweden.
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