A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 101 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/17 / 2017-05-11 22:50:33 / May 11, 2017 @ 10:50 pm. The temblor was picked up at 20:50:33 / 8:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us10008rqg. Event ids that are associated: us10008rqg. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -25.5571° West, -56.57° South.
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 eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 101 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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