A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 101 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena (63 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 14:48:48 / June 10, 2016 @ 2:48 pm. Exact location, longitude -13.5936° West, latitude -7.5227° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us200064t3. Ids that are associated to the event: us200064t3. The temblor was reported at 13:48:48 / 1:48 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 101 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena.
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