A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 81 km SE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (50 miles). Exact location, longitude -25.3309° West, latitude -59.4333° South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us60008edk. Unique identifier: us60008edk. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/03/20 / 2020-03-08 02:52:43 / March 8, 2020 @ 2:52 am. The temblor was detected at 00:52:43 / 12:52 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light 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: 81 km SE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands.
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