A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 125 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena (78 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/11/15 / 2015-11-19 13:49:45 / November 19, 2015 @ 1:49 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:49:45 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -13.3625 West, latitude -7.5142 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003ziq. Id of event: us10003ziq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 125 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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