A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 54 km N of Macquarie Island, Australia (34 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 06/01/19 / 2019-01-06 18:12:31 / January 6, 2019 @ 6:12 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us2000j7wc. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7wc. Exact location of earthquake, 159.0777° East, -53.9959° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:12:31 / 5:12 am (local time epicenter).
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. 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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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: 54 km N of Macquarie Island, Australia.
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