A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Southern East Pacific Rise (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hfl1. Id of event: us1000hfl1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/10/18 / 2018-10-22 13:12:24 / October 22, 2018 @ 1:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:12:24 / 6:12 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -108.0044 West, latitude -34.621 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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