A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 224 km ESE of Boddam, United Kingdom (139 miles) on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude 1.8201° East, latitude 56.9606° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us60005msj. Event ids that are associated: us60005msj. The temblor was picked up at 13:38:14 / 1:38 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). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 13:38:14 / September 24, 2019 @ 1:38 pm.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 224 km ESE of Boddam, United Kingdom. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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