A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 170 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (106 miles) on Tuesday. Global time and date of event 14/06/16 / 2016-06-14 21:14:43 / June 14, 2016 @ 9:14 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 19:14:43 / 7:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -28.0338° West, -55.2433° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200065pl. Unique identifier: us200065pl. 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 four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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: 170 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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