A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 136 km SSE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (85 miles). Unique identifier: us6000628f. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000628f. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/10/19 / 2019-10-17 03:09:25 / October 17, 2019 @ 3:09 am. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:09:25 / 1:09 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -25.9497° West, -60.2239° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 136 km SSE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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