A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 141 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (88 miles) on Sunday. Global time and date of event 16/09/18 / 2018-09-16 17:03:10 / September 16, 2018 @ 5:03 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -28.4678 West, latitude -55.6396 South, depth = 42.57 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 42.57 km (26 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000hicn. Unique identifier: us2000hicn. The temblor was detected at 15:03:10 / 3:03 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days fifty-eight 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 141 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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