A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 173 km NW of Ceerigaabo, Somalia (107 miles). Unique identifier: us20002x41. Ids that are associated to the event: us20002x41. The epicenter was at a depth of 15.23 km (9 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/07/15 / 2015-07-13 11:12:58 / July 13, 2015 @ 11:12 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 46.3477 East, latitude 11.8205 North, depth = 15.23 km. The temblor was picked up at 14:12:58 / 2:12 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 173 km NW of Ceerigaabo, Somalia.
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