A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 140 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (87 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/02/18 / 2018-02-28 16:15:32 / February 28, 2018 @ 4:15 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:15:32 / 2:15 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -25.4062 West, latitude -57.9132 South, depth = 35 km. Unique identifier: us2000d96v. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d96v.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 140 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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