A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 80 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (50 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -26.4147 West, latitude -59.7503 South, depth = 35 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/09/18 / 2018-09-06 10:01:48 / September 6, 2018 @ 10:01 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000h987. Unique identifier: us2000h987. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:01:48 / 8:01 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty-nine 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 80 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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