A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Palau region (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:58:20 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 133.2144 East, latitude 2.8225 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000d565. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d565. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 20/02/18 / 2018-02-20 05:58:20 / February 20, 2018 @ 5:58 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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