A earthquake with magnitude 6.4 (ml/mb) was reported South Georgia Island region (0 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 6.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:45:23 / 1:45 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/08/16 / 2016-08-21 03:45:23 / August 21, 2016 @ 3:45 am. Unique identifier: us10006fik. Ids that are associated to the event: us10006fik. Exact location, longitude -31.7546° West, latitude -55.2775° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days twenty-four, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: South Georgia Island region.
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