A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Georgetown in Saint Helena. Id of earthquake: us2000fy5d. Event ids that are associated: us2000fy5d. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/06/18 / 2018-06-30 11:07:16 / June 30, 2018 @ 11:07 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -13.6776° West, -8.0628° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:07:16 / 10:07 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries that might be effected, Saint Helena (c. 7 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Georgetown (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) from Georgetown (c. 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 82 km E of Georgetown, Saint Helena.
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