A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Bacoli in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:25:02 / 12:25 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 13/03/25 / 2025-03-13 00:25:02 / March 13, 2025 @ 12:25 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pyh6. Unique identifier: us6000pyh6. Exact location, longitude 14.1116° East, latitude 40.7774° North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Napoli (c. 959 500 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Salerno (c. 125 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Torre del Greco (c. 85 900 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Giugliano in Campania (c. 80 300 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Caserta (c. 72 800 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Castellammare di Stabia (c. 65 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Isernia, Agropoli, Grottaminarda (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light 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 two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 3 km ESE of Bacoli, Italy.
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