A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 163 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (101 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:13:38 / 12:13 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/08/19 / 2019-08-29 02:13:38 / August 29, 2019 @ 2:13 am. Unique identifier: us700059g8. Ids that are associated to the event: us700059g8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -26.1857 West, latitude -60.4892 South, depth = 10 km.
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 six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 163 km S of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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