A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Galapagos Triple Junction region (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -101.1846° West, latitude 1.4279° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 15/11/15 / 2015-11-15 06:58:38 / November 15, 2015 @ 6:58 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10003ygt. Unique identifier: us10003ygt. The temblor was detected at 23:58:38 / 11:58 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: Galapagos Triple Junction region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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