A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes South Georgia Island region (0 miles) on Sunday. Unique identifier: us10006fiy. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006fiy. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 21/08/16 / 2016-08-21 04:28:59 / August 21, 2016 @ 4:28 am UTC/GMT. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:28:59 / 2:28 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -31.4856 West, latitude -55.02 South, depth = 10 km. 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 eight, in the last 10 days twenty-five, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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