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Strong earthquake, 6.9 mag strikes near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -56.906S, -25.75WA earthquake with magnitude 6.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 91 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (57 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 33 km (21 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: pt18319001. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: pt18319001. Exact location of event, longitude -25.75 West, latitude -56.906 South, depth = 33 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/11/18 / 2018-11-15 20:02:28 / November 15, 2018 @ 8:02 pm. A tsunami warning has been issued near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:02:28 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. There are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world each year.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 91 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -25.75° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -56.906° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 33 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 91km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-11-15 20:02:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-11-15 20:12:30 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status REVIEWED Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 1 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 732 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network pt The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,pt, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 9 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 125.99998992 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type Mi The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID pt18319001 Id of event.
Event Code 18319001 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,pt18319001, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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