A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 294 km NNE of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands (183 miles). Exact location of event, depth 15.64 km, 39.29° East, -44.4928° South. All ids that are associated to the event: us10007dph. Unique identifier: us10007dph. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/11/16 / 2016-11-20 12:31:24 / November 20, 2016 @ 12:31 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:31:24 / 3:31 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.64 km (10 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 294 km NNE of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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