A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, West of Macquarie Island (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 05:16:38 / August 3, 2015 @ 5:16 am. 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). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:16:38 / 2:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 140.2857 East, latitude -53.1005 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us10002xe5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xe5.
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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: West of Macquarie Island. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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