4.4 earthquake felt in Sicily, Italy

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Palmi in Italy on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:24:31 / 6:24 am (local time epicenter).

Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/09/18 / 2018-09-28 05:24:31 / September 28, 2018 @ 5:24 am. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 15.7262° East, 38.4315° North.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Giarre, Capo d’Orlando, Randazzo (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Italy (c. 60 340 000 pop). The epicenter was 30 km (19 miles) from Messina (c. 219 900 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Reggio Calabria (c. 169 100 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Catanzaro (c. 79 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lamezia Terme (c. 70 500 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Nicastro-Sambiase (c. 55 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (c. 34 600 pop).

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