A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 95 km NE of Savannah Bight, Honduras (59 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:39:28 / 3:39 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.75 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 27/03/16 / 2016-03-27 09:39:28 / March 27, 2016 @ 9:39 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us20005cpd. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005cpd. Exact location of event, longitude -85.1743 West, latitude 17.0219 North, depth = 19.75 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 95 km NE of Savannah Bight, Honduras.
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