A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 97 km SE of Amsterdam Island, France (60 miles). Event id: us1000jcgw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jcgw. Exact time and date of earthquake 28/02/19 / 2019-02-28 06:00:59 / February 28, 2019 @ 6:00 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 11:00:59 / 11:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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, longitude 78.225° East, latitude -38.5147° South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 97 km SE of Amsterdam Island, France. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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