A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 22 km S of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (14 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location, longitude -27.2246° West, latitude -56.9061° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10008tbe. Id of event: us10008tbe. The temblor was reported at 22:06:36 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/05/17 / 2017-05-11 00:06:36 / May 11, 2017 @ 12:06 am.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been seventeen, in the last 10 days nineteen, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days sixty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 22 km S of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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