A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 129 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (80 miles). Exact location of event, depth 72.93 km, -25.3871° West, -58.0288° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 18:46:17 / 6:46 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/18 / 2018-12-21 20:46:17 / December 21, 2018 @ 8:46 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 72.93 km (45 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000iw2u. Unique identifier: us2000iw2u.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 129 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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