A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 73 km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras (45 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjhw. Id of event: us2000cjhw. The temblor was reported at 04:44:09 / 4:44 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -83.2427 West, latitude 17.4561 North, depth = 10 km. 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 10:44:09 / January 14, 2018 @ 10:44 am.
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 three, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 73 km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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