A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 93 km N of Amsterdam Island, France (58 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:12:52 / 1:12 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008yma. Unique identifier: us70008yma. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 77.496 East, latitude -36.9901 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/04/20 / 2020-04-12 20:12:52 / April 12, 2020 @ 8:12 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 93 km N of Amsterdam Island, France.
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