A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes 138 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (86 miles) on Friday. Unique identifier: us60006my0. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006my0. The temblor was reported at 08:24:39 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -24.3445 West, latitude -58.5067 South, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/12/19 / 2019-12-06 10:24:39 / December 6, 2019 @ 10:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 138 km ENE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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