A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, South of Africa (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/15 / 2015-12-21 02:54:38 / December 21, 2015 @ 2:54 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100048iy. Id of event: us100048iy. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 27.3812 East, latitude -52.7994 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 04:54:38 / 4:54 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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