A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Norcia in Italy. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:02:40 / 1:02 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005aqt. Id of event: us70005aqt. Exact location of event, depth 8.74 km, 13.0721° East, 42.8369° North. Global time and date of event 01/09/19 / 2019-09-01 00:02:40 / September 1, 2019 @ 12:02 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.74 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ronciglione, Monterotondo, Marcellina (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 5 km NNW of Norcia, Italy. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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