A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 286 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (178 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000irve. Event ids that are associated: us1000irve. Exact location of earthquake, -30.9386° West, -55.214° South, depth 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:58:09 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 00:58:09 / January 30, 2019 @ 12:58 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected 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: 286 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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