A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported South Shetland Islands (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -54.1861 West, latitude -61.4384 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:01:59 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/07/16 / 2016-07-02 20:01:59 / July 2, 2016 @ 8:01 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10005zhv. Id of event: us10005zhv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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. 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: South Shetland Islands.
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