A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 36 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (22 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -27.3893 West, latitude -56.3893 South, depth = 98.97 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 24/10/16 / 2016-10-24 22:32:58 / October 24, 2016 @ 10:32 pm UTC/GMT. 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 98.97 km (61 miles). The temblor was picked up at 20:32:58 / 8:32 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us100072pr. Unique identifier: us100072pr.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 36 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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