A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Denman in Australia. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 150.8412 East, latitude -32.3849 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us7000n8w7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n8w7. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:01:59 / 2:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/24 / 2024-08-23 02:01:59 / August 23, 2024 @ 2:01 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Event epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Maitland (c. 67 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Cessnock (c. 16 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Singleton (c. 13 700 pop), 94 km (59 miles) from Raymond Terrace (c. 13 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Muswellbrook (c. 11 800 pop), 100 km (62 miles) from Charlestown (c. 11 700 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from East Maitland (c. 11 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rathmines, Eleebana, Charlestown (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Australia (c. 21 516 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km E of Denman, Australia. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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