A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported Ascension Island region (0 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 19/06/16 / 2016-06-19 22:52:23 / June 19, 2016 @ 10:52 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -11.6013 West, latitude -5.6411 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200065f3. Id of event: us200065f3. The temblor was detected at 21:52:23 / 9:52 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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