A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 53 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (33 miles) on Sunday. The temblor was picked up at 10:31:23 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 12:31:23 / December 23, 2018 @ 12:31 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 45.25 km (28 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j2ww. Unique identifier: us2000j2ww. Exact location of event, longitude -25.608 West, latitude -58.9338 South, depth = 45.25 km.
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 two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-three 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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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