A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 117 km SSW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (73 miles) on Wednesday. Event id: us1000c12h. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000c12h. Exact time and date of earthquake 21/12/17 / 2017-12-21 00:09:15 / December 21, 2017 @ 12:09 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 102.9 km (64 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:09:15 / 10:09 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -27.6757 West, latitude -59.9107 South, depth = 102.9 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 117 km SSW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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