A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 236 km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France (147 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 13.81 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/04/16 / 2016-04-04 16:16:19 / April 4, 2016 @ 4:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:16:19 / 9:16 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us20005eht. Unique identifier: us20005eht. Exact location of event, longitude 78.1491 East, latitude -39.901 South, depth = 13.81 km.
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 was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 236 km SSE of Amsterdam Island, France.
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