A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Pieve Torina in Italy on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 22:17:01 / 10:17 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/04/17 / 2017-04-27 21:17:01 / April 27, 2017 @ 9:17 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 13.1377 East, latitude 43.0183 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008lew. Id of event: us10008lew. 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 Fano, Penne, Orvieto. The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ascoli Piceno (c. 41 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: 7 km ESE of Pieve Torina, Italy.
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