A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 295 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna (183 miles) on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200063mq. Id of event: us200063mq. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 07:24:39 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 19:24:39 / June 10, 2016 @ 7:24 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -177.3026° West, latitude -16.8315° South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 295 km SSE of Sigave, Wallis and Futuna. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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