A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 56 km E of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (35 miles) on Friday. Exact location of event, longitude -25.5447 West, latitude -58.9544 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 07:37:03 / 7:37 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/08/15 / 2015-08-14 09:37:03 / August 14, 2015 @ 9:37 am. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000328u. Unique identifier: us1000328u.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 56 km E of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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