A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 69 km SE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (43 miles). Exact location, longitude -25.7074° West, latitude -59.5002° South, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/12/17 / 2017-12-30 01:36:02 / December 30, 2017 @ 1:36 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:36:02 / 11:36 pm (local time epicenter). 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: us1000bxza. Unique identifier: us1000bxza. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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 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: 69 km SE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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