A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 143 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (89 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 14:55:06 / January 15, 2018 @ 2:55 pm. Unique identifier: us2000cpyf. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000cpyf. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -24.8749 West, latitude -56.8508 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 12:55:06 / 12:55 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-five 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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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. 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: 143 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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