A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 101 kilometers (63 miles) from Georgetown in Saint Helena on Tuesday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700033ew. Id of event: us700033ew. The temblor was detected at 23:47:40 / 11:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/04/19 / 2019-04-10 00:47:40 / April 10, 2019 @ 12:47 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -13.5792° West, -7.546° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Close country/countries, Saint Helena (c. 7 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Georgetown. The epicenter was 102 km (63 miles) from Georgetown (c. 500 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.
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