A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 120 km NE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (75 miles) on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us20005zzr. Unique identifier: us20005zzr. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 21:05:14 / May 28, 2016 @ 9:05 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:05:14 / 7:05 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -25.623 West, latitude -56.0599 South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days fifty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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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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. 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: 120 km NE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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