A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 121 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (75 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/18 / 2018-11-16 05:01:06 / November 16, 2018 @ 5:01 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us1000hsjq. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000hsjq. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -25.2307 West, latitude -56.6199 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 03:01:06 / 3:01 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 121 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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