A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 113 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (70 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -27.29 West, latitude -55.6781 South, depth = 42.47 km. The temblor was picked up at 06:10:07 / 6:10 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.47 km (26 miles). Global time and date of event 19/04/16 / 2016-04-19 08:10:07 / April 19, 2016 @ 8:10 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dre. Unique identifier: us10005dre. 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 eleven, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days eighty-five 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 113 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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