A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 122 km SW of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia (76 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:20:58 / 10:20 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000jgc4. Unique identifier: us1000jgc4. Global time and date of event 06/03/19 / 2019-03-06 19:20:58 / March 6, 2019 @ 7:20 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 40.3554° East, 18.2615° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 122 km SW of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia.
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