A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 254 km NNE of Amsterdam Island, France (158 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/16 / 2016-07-03 09:57:39 / July 3, 2016 @ 9:57 am. The temblor was picked up at 14:57:39 / 2:57 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.1663 East, latitude -35.5999 South, depth = 14.6 km. Event id: us100061ys. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100061ys. The epicenter was at a depth of 14.6 km (9 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 254 km NNE of Amsterdam Island, France. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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