A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 161 km SW of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia (100 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 23:30:54 / 11:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/10/18 / 2018-10-07 20:30:54 / October 7, 2018 @ 8:30 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hb4f. Unique identifier: us1000hb4f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 40.1237° East, 17.9898° North.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 161 km SW of Al Qunfidhah, Saudi Arabia.
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