A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Kununurra in Australia. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:56:54 / 11:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/02/19 / 2019-02-20 02:26:54 / February 20, 2019 @ 2:26 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000j9de. Unique identifier: us1000j9de. Exact location of event, longitude 129.2734 East, latitude -15.5269 South, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop). Event epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Kununurra (c. 5 700 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kununurra.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one 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. 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: 63 km ENE of Kununurra, Australia.
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