A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 61 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (38 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, -27.533° West, -56.1818° South, depth 99.18 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 99.18 km (62 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/09/15 / 2015-09-09 12:01:46 / September 9, 2015 @ 12:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us20003hir. Event ids that are associated: us20003hir. The temblor was detected at 10:01:46 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km NNW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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