A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 139 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (86 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -24.9278 West, latitude -56.8297 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/11/19 / 2019-11-17 09:22:49 / November 17, 2019 @ 9:22 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us70006bt2. Unique identifier: us70006bt2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 07:22:49 / 7:22 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days thirty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 139 km E of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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