A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was reported 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Plouguerneau in France on Sunday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/12/16 / 2016-12-11 21:27:19 / December 11, 2016 @ 9:27 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -4.5929 West, latitude 48.7391 North, depth = 8.09 km. Event id: us2000802d. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000802d. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.09 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 22:27:19 / 10:27 pm (local time epicenter).
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Perros-Guirec, Lannion, Douarnenez (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, France (c. 64 768 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 39 km (24 miles) from Brest (c. 144 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Lannion (c. 21 500 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Morlaix (c. 17 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Douarnenez (c. 16 600 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Landerneau (c. 16 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Guipavas (c. 13 800 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 16 km NNW of Plouguerneau, France. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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