A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 209 km W of Broome, Australia (130 miles) on Friday. The temblor was picked up at 17:21:27 / 5:21 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/07/19 / 2019-07-19 09:21:27 / July 19, 2019 @ 9:21 am. Unique identifier: us70004nrm. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004nrm. Exact location of event, longitude 120.2611 East, latitude -18.0691 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 209 km W of Broome, Australia.
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