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Light earthquake, 4.9 mag has occurred near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -56.2093S, -27.372WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported 55 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (34 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 94.95 km, -27.372° West, -56.2093° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 29/04/19 / 2019-04-29 22:38:28 / April 29, 2019 @ 10:38 pm. The temblor was reported at 20:38:28 / 8:38 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70003igx. Unique identifier: us70003igx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 94.95 km (59 miles).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eighty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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: 55 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.372° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -56.2093° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 94.95 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 55km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2019-04-29 22:38:28 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-09 22:35:51 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 369 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.56 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.91 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 100 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us70003igx Id of event.
Event Code 70003igx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us70003igx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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