A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported South of Africa (0 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/04/18 / 2018-04-15 04:42:35 / April 15, 2018 @ 4:42 am. The temblor was picked up at 06:42:35 / 6:42 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 30.3553° East, latitude -46.53° South, depth = 10 km. 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: us1000dp9s. Event ids that are associated: us1000dp9s.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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: South of Africa.
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