A minor earthquake magnitude 3.6 (ml/mb) strikes 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Orangeville in Australia on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 150.6038 East, latitude -34.0086 South, depth = 10 km. The 3.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:53:55 / 4:53 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/25 / 2025-05-28 04:53:55 / May 28, 2025 @ 4:53 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qgch. Unique identifier: us6000qgch.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Newport, Kiama, Lithgow (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 58 km (36 miles) from Sydney (c. 4 627 300 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Wollongong (c. 292 200 pop), 39 km (25 miles) from Blacktown (c. 39 000 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Castle Hill (c. 35 400 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Maroubra (c. 26 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Mosman (c. 26 200 pop). Close country/countries, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 have been detected nearby.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 2 km N of Orangeville, Australia.
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