A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 115 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (71 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Exact location, longitude -26.3722° West, latitude -60.0651° South, depth = 35 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/05/19 / 2019-05-17 02:41:17 / May 17, 2019 @ 2:41 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:41:17 / 12:41 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us60003rpu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003rpu.
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 two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 115 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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