A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 154 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (96 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 22:39:24 / May 28, 2016 @ 10:39 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -27.3516° West, -55.3116° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:39:24 / 8:39 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20005zzt. Id of event: us20005zzt.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been sixteen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days ninety-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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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 154 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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