A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 112 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (70 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/16 / 2016-04-22 00:42:04 / April 22, 2016 @ 12:42 am. The temblor was detected at 22:42:04 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -27.135° West, latitude -55.6896° South, depth = 35.53 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dcz. Unique identifier: us10005dcz. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35.53 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days twenty-three and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 112 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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