A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 72 km NNW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (45 miles). Exact location, longitude -26.7606° West, latitude -58.395° South, depth = 221.82 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 23:42:44 / 11:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 01:42:44 / January 9, 2020 @ 1:42 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us70006wq3. Event ids that are associated: us70006wq3. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 221.82 km (138 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 72 km NNW of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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