A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 100 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (62 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 36.3 km (23 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 24/05/18 / 2018-05-24 20:40:37 / May 24, 2018 @ 8:40 pm UTC/GMT. Event id: us1000ee4j. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ee4j. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:40:37 / 6:40 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -27.2094 West, latitude -55.8004 South, depth = 36.3 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days seventy earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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: 100 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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