A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 11:03:23 / December 25, 2019 @ 11:03 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us70006xsi. Event ids that are associated: us70006xsi. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -115.3529° West, -25.4278° South. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:03:23 / 3:03 am (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 10 km (6 miles).
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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