A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 102 km NE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (63 miles) on Monday. Exact time and date of earthquake 29/10/18 / 2018-10-29 03:22:30 / October 29, 2018 @ 3:22 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i629. Unique identifier: us2000i629. The temblor was picked up at 01:22:30 / 1:22 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -25.0901° West, -58.4851° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 102 km NE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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