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Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -55.6185S, -26.6398WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 125 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (78 miles) on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/06/18 / 2018-06-04 00:37:39 / June 4, 2018 @ 12:37 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ela6. Id of event: us1000ela6. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -26.6398 West, latitude -55.6185 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:37:39 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifty-six 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 125 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -26.6398° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -55.6185° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 125km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-06-04 00:37:39 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-06-11 23:48:25 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.831 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.36 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us1000ela6 Id of event.
Event Code 1000ela6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000ela6, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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