A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Pieve Torina in Italy on Wednesday. The temblor was reported at 03:19:46 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 13.0091° East, 43.059° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000ddzh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ddzh. Global time and date of event 04/04/18 / 2018-04-04 02:19:46 / April 4, 2018 @ 2:19 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 51 km (32 miles) from Perugia (c. 120 100 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Terni (c. 97 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ancona (c. 90 000 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Foligno (c. 47 700 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from San Benedetto del Tronto (c. 45 900 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Ascoli Piceno (c. 41 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Roseto degli Abruzzi, Sansepolcro, Camucia-Monsigliolo (min 5000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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