A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 124 km NNW of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands (77 miles) on Friday. 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). Unique identifier: us2000405u. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000405u. Exact location, longitude 37.3484° East, latitude -45.8244° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:03:38 / 2:03 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/10/15 / 2015-10-23 00:03:38 / October 23, 2015 @ 12:03 am.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 124 km NNW of Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands.
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