A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 136 km NE of Georgetown, Saint Helena (85 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -13.5443° West, -7.0599° South. Event id: us1000he05. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000he05. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/10/18 / 2018-10-14 04:34:02 / October 14, 2018 @ 4:34 am. The temblor was detected at 03:34:02 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 136 km NE of Georgetown, Saint Helena.
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