A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 86 km WSW of Great Swan Island, Honduras (53 miles). Global time and date of event 18/01/16 / 2016-01-18 03:17:57 / January 18, 2016 @ 3:17 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10004fa2. Unique identifier: us10004fa2. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:17:57 / 9:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -84.6815° West, 17.1172° North, depth 14.88 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.88 km (9 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 86 km WSW of Great Swan Island, Honduras.
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