A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 9.98 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006gda. Unique identifier: us10006gda. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 11:48:53 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 9.98 km, -123.3654° West, -55.779° South. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/08/16 / 2016-08-18 19:48:53 / August 18, 2016 @ 7:48 pm.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Southern East Pacific Rise. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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