A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 169 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (105 miles) on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -26.6691° West, -60.5565° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us60003t5g. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003t5g. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/05/19 / 2019-05-20 03:29:16 / May 20, 2019 @ 3:29 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:29:16 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 169 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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