A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 15 km WSW of Great Swan Island, Honduras (9 miles). Event id: us1000h39i. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000h39i. Exact location of event, longitude -84.0597 West, latitude 17.3435 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 27/09/18 / 2018-09-27 15:14:40 / September 27, 2018 @ 3:14 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 09:14:40 / 9:14 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 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 fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km WSW of Great Swan Island, Honduras. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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