A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 184 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (114 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000j7be. Id of event: us2000j7be. Exact location of event, longitude -26.5353 West, latitude -60.6901 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 04/01/19 / 2019-01-04 19:45:03 / January 4, 2019 @ 7:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 17:45:03 / 5:45 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. 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: 184 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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