A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 269 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna (167 miles) on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -177.2809° West, -16.6101° South. Event id: us6000b9wg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000b9wg. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 21:35:19 / 9:35 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/08/20 / 2020-08-05 21:35:19 / August 5, 2020 @ 9:35 pm.
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 twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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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: 269 km SSE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna.
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