A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 78 kilometers (48 miles) from Pale in Equatorial Guinea on Monday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:48:00 / 8:48 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 20:48:00 / December 10, 2018 @ 8:48 pm. Unique identifier: us2000itmk. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000itmk. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 5.8186° East, -0.7144° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Palé (c. 4 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Palé. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Equatorial Guinea (c. 1 015 000 pop).
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 one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 78 km NNE of Pale, Equatorial Guinea.
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