A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Meysse in France on Monday. The temblor was detected at 11:52:47 / 11:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 4.6679° East, 44.6346° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/19 / 2019-11-11 10:52:47 / November 11, 2019 @ 10:52 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us60006a6i. Unique identifier: us60006a6i. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) from Saint-Étienne (c. 176 300 pop), 102 km (63 miles) from Grenoble (c. 158 600 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Nîmes (c. 148 200 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Avignon (c. 89 800 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Valence (c. 63 900 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Alès (c. 42 400 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Saint-Chamond (c. 38 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Grenoble, Fontaine, Pont-Évêque. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, France (c. 64 768 000 pop).
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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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: 5 km WNW of Meysse, France. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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