A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 107 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (66 miles) on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us10006c3r. Event ids that are associated: us10006c3r. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/08/16 / 2016-08-04 22:27:36 / August 4, 2016 @ 10:27 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was reported at 20:27:36 / 8:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -26.823 West, latitude -55.7572 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 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: 107 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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