A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 122 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (76 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/06/16 / 2016-06-22 21:55:39 / June 22, 2016 @ 9:55 pm. Unique identifier: us200067iw. Ids that are associated to the event: us200067iw. The temblor was picked up at 19:55:39 / 7:55 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -27.0485° West, latitude -55.5993° South, depth = 10 km.
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 five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days one hundred and eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 122 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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