A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes west of Macquarie Island (0 miles) on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). 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: 22/09/20 / 2020-09-22 21:45:51 / September 22, 2020 @ 9:45 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c18i. Id of event: us6000c18i. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 149.9205 East, latitude -59.1876 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:45:51 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter).
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 has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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