A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 248 km WNW of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands (154 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j5u6. Unique identifier: us2000j5u6. The temblor was reported at 13:33:40 / 1:33 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 34.7979 East, latitude -45.9936 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/01/19 / 2019-01-02 11:33:40 / January 2, 2019 @ 11:33 am.
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. 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 248 km WNW of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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