A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 127 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (79 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/05/18 / 2018-05-19 19:30:36 / May 19, 2018 @ 7:30 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 17:30:36 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude -26.7799° West, latitude -55.5835° South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000eajm. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000eajm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days fourteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 127 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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