A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 175 km NNE of Esperance, Australia (109 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 122.487 East, latitude -32.3661 South, depth = 8.33 km. The temblor was detected at 10:01:09 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 02:01:09 / June 8, 2016 @ 2:01 am. Event id: us200062pn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062pn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.33 km (5 miles).
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 three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: 175 km NNE of Esperance, Australia.
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