A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, South Georgia Island region (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 20/08/16 / 2016-08-20 00:04:22 / August 20, 2016 @ 12:04 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -31.27° West, -55.1915° South. The temblor was reported at 22:04:22 / 10:04 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us10006fbk. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006fbk.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days seventeen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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