A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 72 kilometers (45 miles) from Matavai in Samoa. The temblor was picked up at 12:23:44 / 12:23 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 -171.5991 West, latitude -14.6866 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/07/16 / 2016-07-22 23:23:44 / July 22, 2016 @ 11:23 pm. Id of earthquake: us20006hur. Event ids that are associated: us20006hur. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Apia, Lufilufi, Samamea (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Apia (c. 40 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Lufilufi (c. 1 100 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Samamea (c. 100 pop). Close country/countries, Samoa (c. 192 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 has occurred nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km S of Matavai, Samoa. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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