A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was reported 92 kilometers (57 miles) from Georgetown in Saint Helena on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a71c. Unique identifier: us6000a71c. Exact location of event, longitude -13.6878 West, latitude -7.513 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:03:05 / 5:03 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 06/06/20 / 2020-06-06 05:03:05 / June 6, 2020 @ 5:03 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Saint Helena (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Georgetown (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Georgetown (c. 500 pop).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 92 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena.
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