A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 84 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (52 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 08:09:10 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 57.96 km (36 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 10:09:10 / July 31, 2016 @ 10:09 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10006a53. Unique identifier: us10006a53. Exact location, longitude -27.1666° West, latitude -55.9389° South, depth = 57.96 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days one hundred and sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 84 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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