A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) strikes 121 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (75 miles) on Tuesday. Id of earthquake: us20006hux. Event ids that are associated: us20006hux. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was reported at 14:32:01 / 2:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -26.6349 West, latitude -55.6508 South, depth = 35 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/16 / 2016-07-26 16:32:01 / July 26, 2016 @ 4:32 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days one hundred and eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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: 121 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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