A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 76 kilometers (47 miles) from Georgetown in Saint Helena on Wednesday. The temblor was picked up at 20:36:48 / 8:36 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/16 / 2016-02-03 21:36:48 / February 3, 2016 @ 9:36 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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). Id of earthquake: us20004y5i. Event ids that are associated: us20004y5i. Exact location, longitude -13.7448° West, latitude -8.1219° South, depth = 10 km.
Nearby country/countries, Saint Helena (c. 7 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Georgetown (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Georgetown (c. 500 pop).
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. 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: 76 km ESE of Georgetown, Saint Helena.
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