A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 86 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (53 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:01:52 / 9:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/10/18 / 2018-10-31 11:01:52 / October 31, 2018 @ 11:01 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -27.448° West, latitude -55.9389° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000i81i. Unique identifier: us2000i81i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days seventy-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 86 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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