A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 253 km NNW of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica (157 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20005y4b. Ids that are associated to the event: us20005y4b. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:06:14 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 178.813° East, -65.1671° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/16 / 2016-05-20 06:06:14 / May 20, 2016 @ 6:06 am.
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 253 km NNW of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica.
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