A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 66 kilometers (41 miles) from Carnarvon in Australia. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/02/19 / 2019-02-01 08:28:16 / February 1, 2019 @ 8:28 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 113.1041 East, latitude -24.5094 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000jbqi. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jbqi. The temblor was detected at 16:28:16 / 4:28 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Carnarvon (c. 7 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carnarvon (min 5000 pop).
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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 66 km NW of Carnarvon, Australia. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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