A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 62 kilometers (39 miles) from Cleve in Australia on Thursday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 136.923° East, -33.2585° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/11/18 / 2018-11-21 15:58:50 / November 21, 2018 @ 3:58 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000hxfr. Unique identifier: us1000hxfr. The temblor was picked up at 01:28:50 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (40 miles) from Whyalla (c. 19 600 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Whyalla (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 62 km NE of Cleve, Australia.
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