A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, South of Africa (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us10008n93. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008n93. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/04/17 / 2017-04-24 16:17:38 / April 24, 2017 @ 4:17 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:17:38 / 6:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 25.7111 East, latitude -52.9514 South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: South of Africa.
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