A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Winsum in Netherlands. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:48:59 / 4:48 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/05/19 / 2019-05-22 03:48:59 / May 22, 2019 @ 3:48 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60003qi1. Ids that are associated to the event: us60003qi1. Exact location, longitude 6.5861° East, latitude 53.394° North, depth = 10 km.
The epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Groningen (c. 181 200 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Leeuwarden (c. 91 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Assen (c. 62 200 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Emmen (c. 57 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Emden (c. 51 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Germany (c. 81 802 000 pop), Netherlands (c. 16 645 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Haren, Bolsward, Klazienaveen.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. 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 occurred nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 8 km NNE of Winsum, Netherlands.
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