A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Montendre in France. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/03/19 / 2019-03-20 09:56:41 / March 20, 2019 @ 9:56 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -0.3963° West, 45.3242° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jj7u. Unique identifier: us1000jj7u. The 3.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:56:41 / 10:56 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries, France (c. 64 768 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Bordeaux (c. 231 800 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Mérignac (c. 69 800 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Pessac (c. 57 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Angoulême (c. 49 500 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Talence (c. 42 600 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Villenave-d’Ornon (c. 30 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Biganos, Coulounieix-Chamiers, Bergerac (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. 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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km N of Montendre, France. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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