A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Lufilufi in Samoa on Friday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -171.3992° West, -13.6744° South, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 09:37:26 / 9:37 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngsh. Id of event: us7000ngsh. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 09:37:26 / September 27, 2024 @ 9:37 am.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mulifanua, Leulumoega, Apia (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Apia (c. 40 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Mulifanua (c. 4 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Leulumoega (c. 1 500 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Lufilufi (c. 1 100 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Samamea (c. 100 pop). Close country/countries, Samoa (c. 192 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 30 km NE of Lufilufi, Samoa. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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