A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 89 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (55 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000fx0v. Event ids that are associated: us2000fx0v. 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 98.71 km (61 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 17:30:20 / 5:30 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 19:30:20 / June 28, 2018 @ 7:30 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -27.8676 West, latitude -55.9819 South, depth = 98.71 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 89 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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