A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles) on Tuesday. Event id: us6000mwuy. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mwuy. Exact location, longitude -29.3072° West, latitude -55.2806° South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 00:42:26 / 12:42 am (local time epicenter). 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. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 00:42:26 / May 7, 2024 @ 12:42 am.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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