A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 297 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena (185 miles) on Wednesday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/07/19 / 2019-07-10 17:58:34 / July 10, 2019 @ 5:58 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us70004p04. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004p04. Exact location, longitude -11.9258° West, latitude -6.9021° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:58:34 / 4:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 297 km ENE of Georgetown, Saint Helena.
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