A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (22 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:05:14 / 6:05 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 145.95 km (91 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -26.1957 West, latitude -58.7563 South, depth = 145.95 km. Unique identifier: us20007dk1. Ids that are associated to the event: us20007dk1. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/10/16 / 2016-10-01 08:05:14 / October 1, 2016 @ 8:05 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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: 35 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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