A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 91 km ENE of Amsterdam Island, France (57 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 78.3788 East, latitude -37.3786 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us700097ks. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700097ks. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 04:50:18 / 4:50 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/04/20 / 2020-04-25 23:50:18 / April 25, 2020 @ 11:50 pm.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 91 km ENE of Amsterdam Island, France.
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