A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 118 km NE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (73 miles). Id of earthquake: us10003w8z. Event ids that are associated: us10003w8z. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/11/15 / 2015-11-06 05:05:13 / November 6, 2015 @ 5:05 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -26.0616° West, latitude -55.8418° South, depth = 10 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:05:13 / 3:05 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 118 km NE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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