A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 171 km E of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (106 miles). The temblor was picked up at 14:59:16 / 2:59 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000377g. Unique identifier: us7000377g. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/04/19 / 2019-04-16 16:59:16 / April 16, 2019 @ 4:59 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -23.5969 West, latitude -58.7421 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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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. 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: 171 km E of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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