A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 km ENE of Great Swan Island, Honduras (39 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 18:30:55 / 6:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -83.3448° West, 17.5391° North. Unique identifier: us2000cpul. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpul. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 13/01/18 / 2018-01-13 00:30:55 / January 13, 2018 @ 12:30 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 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: 63 km ENE of Great Swan Island, Honduras.
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