A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 163 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen (101 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005e3m. Id of event: us10005e3m. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 05/05/16 / 2016-05-05 18:21:57 / May 5, 2016 @ 6:21 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 51.9229 East, latitude 13.6353 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 21:21:57 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 163 km NNW of Kilmia, Yemen.
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