A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 244 km NNE of Amsterdam Island, France (152 miles). Unique identifier: us20003fr7. Ids that are associated to the event: us20003fr7. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:50:42 / 5:50 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 18/08/15 / 2015-08-18 00:50:42 / August 18, 2015 @ 12:50 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 78.4583° East, -35.7624° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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. 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 has struck near.
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