A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 208 km N of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica (129 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/12/16 / 2016-12-16 03:50:40 / December 16, 2016 @ 3:50 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 15:50:40 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us10007m9s. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007m9s. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 179.5757° East, -65.5346° South, depth 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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