A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Ennenda in Switzerland. The temblor was picked up at 19:35:45 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, 9.1981° East, 47.0135° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time and date of event 25/10/20 / 2020-10-25 19:35:45 / October 25, 2020 @ 7:35 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000cd1u. Id of event: us6000cd1u.
Epicenter of the event was 63 km (39 miles) from Zürich (c. 341 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Winterthur (c. 91 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Konstanz (c. 81 300 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Sankt Gallen (c. 70 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Friedrichshafen (c. 58 400 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Luzern (c. 57 100 pop), 68 km (43 miles) from Zürich (Kreis 11) (c. 54 300 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Switzerland (c. 7 581 000 pop), Germany (c. 81 802 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aarau, Wutöschingen, Baienfurt.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 9 km ESE of Ennenda, Switzerland.
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