A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 121 km N of Laasqoray, Somalia (75 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 48.0216 East, latitude 12.2399 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:19:28 / 11:19 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/19 / 2019-08-29 20:19:28 / August 29, 2019 @ 8:19 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us70005byg. Unique identifier: us70005byg.
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 two and in the last 365 days seven 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. 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: 121 km N of Laasqoray, Somalia.
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