A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Strazske in Slovakia. Id of earthquake: us60009b2t. Event ids that are associated: us60009b2t. The temblor was detected at 00:18:26 / 12:18 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 21.8106 East, latitude 48.8127 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/20 / 2020-04-23 23:18:26 / April 23, 2020 @ 11:18 pm.
Event epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Košice (c. 236 600 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Uzhhorod (c. 117 900 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Prešov (c. 94 700 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Mukacheve (c. 81 600 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Michalovce (c. 40 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kemecse, Rakamaz, Mukacheve. Close country/countries that might be effected, Slovakia (c. 5 455 000 pop), Ukraine (c. 45 416 000 pop).
There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. 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.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 7 km SSW of Strazske, Slovakia.
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