A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 58 km SE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (36 miles). Global time and date of event 28/06/18 / 2018-06-28 07:01:21 / June 28, 2018 @ 7:01 am UTC/GMT. Event id: us2000fx08. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000fx08. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -25.804° West, -59.4053° South. The temblor was reported at 05:01:21 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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: 58 km SE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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