A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 69 km SSE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (43 miles). Unique identifier: us10005gib. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gib. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 20.31 km (13 miles). The temblor was picked up at 09:40:54 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -25.9738° West, -59.59° South, depth 20.31 km. Global time and date of event 02/05/16 / 2016-05-02 11:40:54 / May 2, 2016 @ 11:40 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-one 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.
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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: 69 km SSE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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