A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 232 km SW of Djado, Niger (144 miles) on Wednesday. Global time and date of event 18/01/17 / 2017-01-18 21:48:22 / January 18, 2017 @ 9:48 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 10.6599° East, latitude 19.6054° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10007u0v. Event ids that are associated: us10007u0v. The temblor was reported at 22:48:22 / 10:48 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 232 km SW of Djado, Niger.
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