A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Melissa in Italy. Exact location of earthquake, 17.0567° East, 39.3188° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000n0sz. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n0sz. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/05/24 / 2024-05-24 17:35:24 / May 24, 2024 @ 5:35 pm. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:35:24 / 5:35 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Paola, Amantea, Roggiano Gravina (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 62 km (39 miles) from Catanzaro (c. 79 000 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cosenza (c. 63 900 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Crotone (c. 48 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Rossano Stazione (c. 23 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 2 km ENE of Melissa, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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