A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Red Hill in Australia on Wednesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us70008wkb. Ids that are associated to the event: us70008wkb. The temblor was picked up at 17:11:05 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 148.7159 East, latitude -19.8995 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/04/20 / 2020-04-15 07:11:05 / April 15, 2020 @ 7:11 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
The epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) from Bowen (c. 11 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Red Hill (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Red Hill, Bowen (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: 51 km NNE of Red Hill, Australia.
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