A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 137 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (85 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of event, longitude -26.9199 West, latitude -55.4778 South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 21:24:06 / June 22, 2016 @ 9:24 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us200067ix. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200067ix. The temblor was detected at 19:24:06 / 7:24 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 137 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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