A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude 126.1997 East, latitude -49.6989 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 25/12/19 / 2019-12-25 02:30:09 / December 25, 2019 @ 2:30 am. The temblor was picked up at 10:30:09 / 10:30 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us70006qsy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006qsy.
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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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: Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge.
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