A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 225 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena (140 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -12.5829 West, latitude -7.0445 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:42:41 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000cput. Unique identifier: us2000cput. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 07:42:41 / January 13, 2018 @ 7:42 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five 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.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 225 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena.
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