A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 87 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (54 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 109.7 km (68 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/08/19 / 2019-08-23 04:44:34 / August 23, 2019 @ 4:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:44:34 / 2:44 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us700059pp. Event ids that are associated: us700059pp. Exact location of earthquake, -27.6191° West, -55.9474° South, depth 109.7 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventy-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 87 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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