A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 69 km SSE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (43 miles). The temblor was picked up at 00:16:06 / 12:16 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -26.1395° West, -59.6234° South, depth 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/07/15 / 2015-07-01 02:16:06 / July 1, 2015 @ 2:16 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us20002xq9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20002xq9.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 69 km SSE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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