A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 91 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (57 miles). Exact location, longitude -26.438° West, latitude -59.8518° South, depth = 109.18 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 109.18 km (68 miles). The temblor was reported at 22:07:31 / 10:07 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 05/12/15 / 2015-12-05 00:07:31 / December 5, 2015 @ 12:07 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100044a3. Unique identifier: us100044a3.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 91 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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