A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 183 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (114 miles) on Monday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -28.0747 West, latitude -55.1268 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us20004g5r. Ids that are associated to the event: us20004g5r. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 10:24:57 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 07/12/15 / 2015-12-07 12:24:57 / December 7, 2015 @ 12:24 pm UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 183 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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