A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 1643 km SSE of Albany, Australia (1021 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 00:01:53 / 12:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.6106 East, latitude -48.9605 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us70009ndz. Unique identifier: us70009ndz. Global time and date of event 17/05/20 / 2020-05-17 00:01:53 / May 17, 2020 @ 12:01 am UTC/GMT.
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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 1643 km SSE of Albany, Australia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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