A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 175 km NNE of Esperance, Australia (109 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/06/18 / 2018-06-20 02:54:32 / June 20, 2018 @ 2:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 6.88 km, 122.4695° East, -32.3587° South. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ew2s. Id of event: us1000ew2s. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:54:32 / 10:54 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.88 km (4 miles).
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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 175 km NNE of Esperance, Australia.
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