A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 93 km NE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (58 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/05/15 / 2015-05-31 19:59:17 / May 31, 2015 @ 7:59 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -25.4642 West, latitude -58.3987 South, depth = 51.37 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20002p07. Unique identifier: us20002p07. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 51.37 km (32 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 17:59:17 / 5:59 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 93 km NE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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