A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 79 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (49 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/04/16 / 2016-04-19 15:51:10 / April 19, 2016 @ 3:51 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 13:51:10 / 1:51 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 75.38 km (47 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -27.9991 West, latitude -56.1436 South, depth = 75.38 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10005dqm. Unique identifier: us10005dqm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days eighty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 79 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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