A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 91 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (57 miles) on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us1000eajq. Event ids that are associated: us1000eajq. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 03:43:27 / May 19, 2018 @ 3:43 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 01:43:27 / 1:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -26.9991 West, latitude -55.8849 South, depth = 35 km.
Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 91 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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