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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near South Sandwich Islands region


Earthquake location -59.7809S, -25.9623WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles) on Sunday. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:01:59 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 35.064 km (22 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/09/24 / 2024-09-15 12:01:59 / September 15, 2024 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ng8n. Id of event: us7000ng8n. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -25.9623° West, latitude -59.7809° South, depth = 35.064 km.

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 five and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: South Sandwich Islands region. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -25.9623° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -59.7809° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 35.064 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place South Sandwich Islands region Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-15 12:01:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-28 12:45:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 298 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 13 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 15.094 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.47 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 139 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 us7000ng8n Id of event.
Event Code 7000ng8n An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ng8n, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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