A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 186 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (116 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -29.224 West, latitude -55.4668 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:44:43 / 9:44 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000hi5w. Event ids that are associated: us2000hi5w. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 13/09/18 / 2018-09-13 23:44:43 / September 13, 2018 @ 11:44 pm.
Every 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 186 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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