A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 219 km E of Bouvet Island, Bouvet Island (136 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 6.6731 East, latitude -54.0628 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006u72. Unique identifier: us70006u72. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 16:43:13 / 4:43 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 17/12/19 / 2019-12-17 16:43:13 / December 17, 2019 @ 4:43 pm UTC/GMT.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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: 219 km E of Bouvet Island, Bouvet Island.
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