A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 117 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (73 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/10/19 / 2019-10-15 03:53:26 / October 15, 2019 @ 3:53 am. Unique identifier: us70005u90. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005u90. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:53:26 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -26.8873 West, latitude -55.659 South, depth = 10 km.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 117 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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