A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 13 km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras (8 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/01/18 / 2018-01-14 23:02:13 / January 14, 2018 @ 11:02 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -83.8025° West, 17.4275° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: us2000cpwv. Event ids that are associated: us2000cpwv. The temblor was picked up at 17:02:13 / 5:02 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km E of Great Swan Island, Honduras. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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