A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 208 km W of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (129 miles) on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000dvyf. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000dvyf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -30.5734 West, latitude -56.9776 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 23/04/18 / 2018-04-23 01:41:42 / April 23, 2018 @ 1:41 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 23:41:42 / 11:41 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 208 km W of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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