A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported Easter Island region (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, longitude -111.6466 West, latitude -29.6421 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 01/11/15 / 2015-11-01 01:05:05 / November 1, 2015 @ 1:05 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 18:05:05 / 6:05 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us2000414y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000414y. 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Anonymous
fish got a bit disturbed…