Strong dangerous earthquake in Central Italy

Last update: October 26, 2016 at 7:04 pm by By Armand Vervaeck
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	Central Italy	Oct 26 19:18	6.1	20	MAP I Felt It INFO
Lisciano Niconne - 21.17 lichte trilling gevoeld Sienne - AllongéE, le lit a tremblé. Mon mari aussi l'a ressenti. On a eu peur on se apprêté à sortir mais ça s' est arrêté. nazzano - more then 30 sec of strong shake Rome - We saw the standing lamp shaking, and felt the whole building jolting at around 9:20pm. Ljubljana - No damage Florence - Table was shaking when we were sitting on it Venice - In hotel, on 5th floor. Noticed everything started to sway. Startling but no damage. Zagreb - No damage Rome - Bnn Rome - No damage. The door rattled and lamp rocked. Felt like being on a train. We were on the 6th floor. Approximately 9:20pm.
USGS	Visso, Italy	Oct 26 19:18	6.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO
GEOFON	Central Italy	Oct 26 19:18	6.1	10	MAP I Felt It INFO

 

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Update 18:55 UTC : This earthquake has a high damaging potential as about 7000 people have been experienced a very strong shaking (MMI VII)

Update 18:46 UTC : Location of the earthquake

Update 18:21 UTC : At the positive side we have to say that the epicenter is not very close to villages or towns. Magnitudes are different based on the source and are in between 5.3 and 5.7

134 km NE of Roma, Italy / pop: 2,564,000 / local time: 19:10:38.6 2016-10-26
62 km E of Perugia, Italy / pop: 150,000 / local time: 19:10:38.6 2016-10-26
39 km NW of Ascoli Piceno, Italy / pop: 51,400 / local time: 19:10:38.6 2016-10-26

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Magnitude : 5.5



Local Time (conversion only below land



GMT/UTC Time : 2016-10-26 17:10:39



Depth (Hypocenter) : 10 km



Depth and Magnitude updates in the list below.