A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles) on Friday. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:00:46 / 12:00 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -24.8023° West, latitude -59.2549° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ba2e. Unique identifier: us6000ba2e. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/20 / 2020-07-31 00:00:46 / July 31, 2020 @ 12:00 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity 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: South Sandwich Islands region.
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