A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 148 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena (92 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h8d3. Unique identifier: us1000h8d3. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 07:57:57 / October 7, 2018 @ 7:57 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:57:57 / 6:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -13.2039 West, latitude -7.3411 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 148 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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