A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 96 km ENE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (60 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/05/17 / 2017-05-10 23:45:10 / May 10, 2017 @ 11:45 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:45:10 / 9:45 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us10008srx. Id of event: us10008srx. Exact location of earthquake, -25.7262° West, -56.3911° South, depth 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-nine, in the past 30 days thirty-two and in the last 365 days eighty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 96 km ENE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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