A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Arquata del Tronto in Italy. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006g7m. Id of event: us10006g7m. Exact location of event, longitude 13.2367 East, latitude 42.7347 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 04:05:57 / 4:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 02:05:57 / August 24, 2016 @ 2:05 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 81 km (50 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nepi, Subiaco, Monterotondo.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 6 km SW of Arquata del Tronto, Italy. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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