A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 209 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (130 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 31.7 km (20 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:30:56 / 8:30 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 31.7 km, -23.8509° West, -57.1491° South. Unique identifier: us10003yqu. Ids that are associated to the event: us10003yqu. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/11/15 / 2015-11-12 22:30:56 / November 12, 2015 @ 10:30 pm UTC/GMT.
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. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 209 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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