A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes 76 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (47 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, -25.2734° West, -58.7881° South, depth 26.44 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jn84. Unique identifier: us2000jn84. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/02/19 / 2019-02-03 12:31:17 / February 3, 2019 @ 12:31 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.44 km (16 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 10:31:17 / 10:31 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventy-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 76 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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