A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 108 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (67 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:32:44 / 3:32 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 155.96 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 17:32:44 / December 2, 2017 @ 5:32 pm. Exact location of earthquake, -28.5288° West, -56.0612° South, depth 155.96 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000c22p. Unique identifier: us2000c22p.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 108 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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