Date & time Sep 4, 2022 23:57:31 UTC
Local time at epicenter Sunday, Sep 4, 2022 at 3:57 pm (GMT -8)
Status Confirmed
Magnitude 6.2
Depth 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude 56.0216°S / 124.5154°W
Earthquakes
Date & time Sep 4, 2022 23:57:31 UTC
Local time at epicenter Sunday, Sep 4, 2022 at 3:57 pm (GMT -8)
Status Confirmed
Magnitude 6.2
Depth 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude 56.0216°S / 124.5154°W
The earthquake, which struck at 09:42 GMT on Sunday, hit about 1,120 kilometers (695 miles) northwest of Ascension Island, which is part of the United Kingdom, or 1,350 kilometers (840 miles) southwest of Sierra Leone.
Seismologists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.9. They said it struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) below the seabed, making it a very shallow earthquake.
Tsunami warning centers said there was no threat of a tsunami from Sunday's earthquake, which hit along the equator, an imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.
"Based on the earthquake location near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a damaging tsunami is not expected," the U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said in a statement.
The epicenter, with a depth of 126.89 km, was initially determined to be at 5.6539 degrees south latitude and 148.7029 degrees east longitude.
Earthquake details
Date & time Aug 30, 2022 09:09:42 UTC
Local time at epicenter Tuesday, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:09 am (GMT -9)
Status Confirmed
Magnitude 6.3
Depth 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude 54.6482°S / 136.1694°W
The shallow quake occurred in the waters off the southwestern coast of Sumatra island, at around 9:30 pm (1430 GMT) -- nearest to Bengkulu, South Sumatra and Lampung provinces.
It sent people in South Sumatra and Bengkulu rushing from their homes, according to local media and witnesses contacted by AFP.
However no casualties or damages were immediately reported by authorities, and USGS estimated that there would be little chance of damage on the ground in Sumatra island. No tsunami threat was issued.
The epicenter of the earthquake occurred southeast of the Loyalty Islands off the eastern coast of Caledonia, at a depth of 80.6 kilometers, US Geological Survey said.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or material losses due to the quake.
New Caledonia lies in the Pacific's Ring of Fire, where tectonic plates meet, the friction of which leads to intense seismic and volcanic activity.
MERADALIR ERUPTION
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The quake was at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles), EMSC said.
There was no risk of a tsunami after the quake, the U.S. tsunami warning system said.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by David Goodman)
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