A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 217 km ENE of Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island (135 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 14:14:59 / January 15, 2018 @ 2:14 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:14:59 / 9:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 107.5176° East, -9.6826° South. Unique identifier: us2000cjnw. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjnw.
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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 217 km ENE of Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island.
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