A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 141 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (88 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -26.5487 West, latitude -60.3066 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:33:08 / 10:33 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/11/18 / 2018-11-03 00:33:08 / November 3, 2018 @ 12:33 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us1000hpsp. Event ids that are associated: us1000hpsp.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 141 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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