A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 20 km NW of Great Swan Island, Honduras (12 miles). The temblor was detected at 23:46:26 / 11:46 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/01/18 / 2018-01-16 05:46:26 / January 16, 2018 @ 5:46 am. Unique identifier: us2000cjv0. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cjv0. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -84.0842° West, 17.5288° North.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven 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. 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: 20 km NW of Great Swan Island, Honduras.
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