A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 169 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (105 miles) on Monday. Global time and date of event 20/10/15 / 2015-10-20 00:19:27 / October 20, 2015 @ 12:19 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude -27.9475 West, latitude -55.2355 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:19:27 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10003rvj. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003rvj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. 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: 169 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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