A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles) on Sunday. Exact location, longitude -107.6288° West, latitude -35.1153° South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10005dnw. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005dnw. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:39:45 / 4:39 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/04/16 / 2016-04-24 23:39:45 / April 24, 2016 @ 11:39 pm UTC/GMT.
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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