A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, South Georgia Island region (0 miles). 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). Exact location of event, longitude -31.5874 West, latitude -55.1081 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 01:55:54 / 1:55 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/08/16 / 2016-08-22 03:55:54 / August 22, 2016 @ 3:55 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us20006u7t. Unique identifier: us20006u7t.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days thirty-seven, in the past 30 days thirty-seven and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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