A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles) on Thursday. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:49 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 06:42:49 / May 20, 2016 @ 6:42 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005y4c. Unique identifier: us20005y4c. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -109.4559 West, latitude -32.9422 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: Southern East Pacific Rise.
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