A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported West of Macquarie Island (0 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 05:14:47 / August 3, 2015 @ 5:14 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 14:14:47 / 2:14 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10002xe8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xe8. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 140.6329° East, -53.0537° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: West of Macquarie Island.
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