A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Barcarena in Portugal on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 18/07/15 / 2015-07-18 23:26:26 / July 18, 2015 @ 11:26 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 15.98 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -9.295° West, latitude 38.7446° North, depth = 15.98 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:26:26 / 12:26 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20002yg9. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002yg9.
Event epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Lisbon (c. 517 800 pop), 6 km (4 miles) from Amadora (c. 178 900 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Setúbal (c. 117 100 pop), 4 km (2 miles) from Queluz (c. 103 400 pop), 3 km (2 miles) from Cacém (c. 94 000 pop). Close country/countries, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fazendas de Almeirim, Almeirim, Santarém.
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1 km NW of Barcarena, Portugal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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