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Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -56.2015S, -27.3286WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 56 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (35 miles) on Friday. Id of earthquake: us60008dts. Event ids that are associated: us60008dts. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/03/20 / 2020-03-06 16:50:08 / March 6, 2020 @ 4:50 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:50:08 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 75.67 km, -27.3286° West, -56.2015° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 75.67 km (47 miles).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 56 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.3286° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -56.2015° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 75.67 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 56km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-03-06 16:50:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-05 15:48:58 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 326 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.581 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.17 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60008dts Id of event.
Event Code 60008dts An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60008dts, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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