A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes South Georgia Island region (0 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 13.31 km (8 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us10006gkx. Unique identifier: us10006gkx. The temblor was detected at 09:20:08 / 9:20 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -31.3214° West, latitude -54.6522° South, depth = 13.31 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/08/16 / 2016-08-20 11:20:08 / August 20, 2016 @ 11:20 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifty-six, in the last 10 days sixty-three, in the past 30 days sixty-three and in the last 365 days sixty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: South Georgia Island region.
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