A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Trogir in Croatia on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 13:57:01 / 1:57 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us20007zhe. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007zhe. Exact location of earthquake, 16.2975° East, 43.5085° North, depth 21.91 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/12/16 / 2016-12-09 12:57:01 / December 9, 2016 @ 12:57 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 21.91 km (14 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Biograd na Moru, Tomislavgrad, Bosansko Grahovo. Country/countries that might be effected, Bosnia and Herzegovina (c. 4 590 000 pop), Croatia (c. 4 491 000 pop). Event epicenter was 11 km (7 miles) from Split (c. 176 300 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Šibenik (c. 37 100 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Solin (c. 15 900 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Makarska (c. 13 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Livno (c. 11 700 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Sinj (c. 11 500 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 3 km E of Trogir, Croatia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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