A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Arquata del Tronto in Italy on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 6 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 24/08/16 / 2016-08-24 02:51:26 / August 24, 2016 @ 2:51 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006g82. Unique identifier: us10006g82. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:51:26 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 13.22° East, 42.77° North, depth 6 km.
The epicenter was 78 km (48 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Montesilvano Marina (c. 46 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Magione, Morlupo, Orvieto. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-one, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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