A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 71 km E of Ibo, Mozambique (44 miles) on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us1000hx3y. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hx3y. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/11/18 / 2018-11-20 15:24:13 / November 20, 2018 @ 3:24 pm. The temblor was picked up at 18:24:13 / 6:24 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 41.2532 East, latitude -12.2345 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 in the same area.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 71 km E of Ibo, Mozambique.
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