A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 141 km ESE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna (88 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:52:26 / 1:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -176.964° West, latitude -14.9413° South, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000bg9i. Event ids that are associated: us7000bg9i. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/09/20 / 2020-09-02 01:52:26 / September 2, 2020 @ 1:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 141 km ESE of Alo, Wallis and Futuna. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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