A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Port-aux-Francais in French Southern Territories. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:12:29 / 8:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 69.7513 East, latitude -49.3352 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/15 / 2015-06-10 03:12:29 / June 10, 2015 @ 3:12 am. Id of earthquake: us10002kui. Event ids that are associated: us10002kui. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Country/countries that might be effected, French Southern Territories (c. 0 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Port-aux-Français. Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Port-aux-Français (c. 0 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 one 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 earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 33 km W of Port-aux-Francais, French Southern Territories. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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