A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 1 kilometers (1 miles) from Norcia in Italy. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 13.1079° East, 42.8082° North. The temblor was reported at 19:22:24 / 7:22 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/10/16 / 2016-10-27 17:22:24 / October 27, 2016 @ 5:22 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us100072fm. Unique identifier: us100072fm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Subiaco, Pescara, Tivoli (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 68 km (42 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Pescara (c. 116 600 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Guidonia Montecelio (c. 67 500 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Viterbo (c. 47 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 1 km NNE of Norcia, Italy.
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