A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 142 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (88 miles) on Tuesday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/18 / 2018-09-04 20:45:37 / September 4, 2018 @ 8:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 18:45:37 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hdgx. Unique identifier: us2000hdgx. The epicenter was at a depth of 54.05 km (34 miles). Exact location, longitude -25.3815° West, latitude -57.8998° South, depth = 54.05 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days eighteen, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 142 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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