A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 166 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (103 miles). Global time and date of event 09/06/16 / 2016-06-09 02:23:41 / June 9, 2016 @ 2:23 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 00:23:41 / 12:23 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -28.0742 West, latitude -55.2878 South, depth = 18.76 km. Id of earthquake: us200064cl. Event ids that are associated: us200064cl. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 18.76 km (12 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 five, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 166 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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