A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 86 km NNE of Savannah Bight, Honduras (53 miles). Event id: us2000cjjj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjjj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33.19 km (21 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 19:46:21 / January 14, 2018 @ 7:46 pm. Exact location, longitude -85.6859° West, latitude 17.2179° North, depth = 33.19 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:46:21 / 1:46 pm (local time epicenter).
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 three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 86 km NNE of Savannah Bight, Honduras. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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