A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles) on Saturday. Unique identifier: us1000h3qg. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000h3qg. Global time and date of event 22/09/18 / 2018-09-22 14:52:07 / September 22, 2018 @ 2:52 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -115.3439° West, latitude -24.4019° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:52:07 / 6:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Southern East Pacific Rise.
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