A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles) on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 15:15:30 / 3:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000da5p. Unique identifier: us1000da5p. Exact location of event, longitude 121.3676 East, latitude -48.639 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/18 / 2018-03-22 07:15:30 / March 22, 2018 @ 7:15 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge.
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