A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 113 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (70 miles). Global time and date of event 14/07/16 / 2016-07-14 17:06:45 / July 14, 2016 @ 5:06 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:06:45 / 3:06 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.51 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 61.51 km, -25.5764° West, -57.2014° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20006eq2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20006eq2.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-seven 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: 113 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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