A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 101 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (63 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -25.0499° West, -58.5362° South. The temblor was picked up at 01:28:42 / 1:28 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us2000i611. Event ids that are associated: us2000i611. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 03:28:42 / October 29, 2018 @ 3:28 am UTC/GMT.
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 ten, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 101 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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