A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 78 km ENE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (48 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -25.9427 West, latitude -56.5518 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). Unique identifier: us10008ss0. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008ss0. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:50:33 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 23:50:33 / May 10, 2017 @ 11:50 pm.
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 twenty-one, in the last 10 days twenty-three, in the past 30 days twenty-six and in the last 365 days eighty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 78 km ENE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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