A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 175 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (109 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -23.612° West, -58.5876° South. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/19 / 2019-02-09 16:20:16 / February 9, 2019 @ 4:20 pm UTC/GMT. 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: us2000jnge. Unique identifier: us2000jnge. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:20:16 / 2:20 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 175 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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