A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 82 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (51 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -27.851 West, latitude -56.0517 South, depth = 96.72 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 13:41:08 / June 8, 2016 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000649v. Id of event: us2000649v. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:41:08 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). 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 96.72 km (60 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten 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. 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: 82 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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