A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 79 kilometers (49 miles) from Georgetown in Saint Helena. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 12:05:03 / June 30, 2018 @ 12:05 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, -13.7876° West, -8.2778° South, depth 10 km. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:05:03 / 11:05 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us2000fs7z. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000fs7z. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Georgetown (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Saint Helena (c. 7 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Georgetown (c. 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 79 km ESE of Georgetown, Saint Helena. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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