A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Norcia in Italy. Id of earthquake: us20006ufy. Event ids that are associated: us20006ufy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.24 km (8 miles). Global time and date of event 27/08/16 / 2016-08-27 02:50:59 / August 27, 2016 @ 2:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 12.24 km, 13.1547° East, 42.8344° North. The temblor was reported at 04:50:59 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Morlupo, Popoli, Capena (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (43 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 6 km NE of Norcia, Italy.
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