A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 73 km ENE of Great Swan Island, Honduras (45 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008qvc. Unique identifier: us70008qvc. The temblor was reported at 12:16:02 / 12:16 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 07/04/20 / 2020-04-07 18:16:02 / April 7, 2020 @ 6:16 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -83.3411 West, latitude 17.7672 North, depth = 10 km.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 73 km ENE of Great Swan Island, Honduras. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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