A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 19 km W of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 158.03 km, -27.524° West, -56.7089° South. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/04/18 / 2018-04-11 15:49:41 / April 11, 2018 @ 3:49 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 158.03 km (98 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:49:41 / 1:49 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000e24p. Event ids that are associated: us2000e24p.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days sixty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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: 19 km W of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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