A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 205 km ESE of Antonio Enes, Mozambique (127 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10003k5u. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003k5u. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 41.7874° East, -16.6455° South. Global time and date of event 04/10/15 / 2015-10-04 08:28:51 / October 4, 2015 @ 8:28 am UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:28:51 / 11:28 am (local time epicenter).
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 in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 205 km ESE of Antonio Enes, Mozambique. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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