A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 294 km WNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (183 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/16 / 2016-08-22 04:52:49 / August 22, 2016 @ 4:52 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -31.105 West, latitude -55.2155 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006fpi. Unique identifier: us10006fpi. The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:52:49 / 2:52 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days twenty-nine and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 294 km WNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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