A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 45 km SSW of Macquarie Island, Australia (28 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 21/09/16 / 2016-09-21 02:47:01 / September 21, 2016 @ 2:47 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10006u2h. Id of event: us10006u2h. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:47:01 / 1:47 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 158.6074 East, latitude -54.8362 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 45 km SSW of Macquarie Island, Australia.
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