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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag strikes near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -56.0504S, -27.286WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 72 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (45 miles). The temblor was detected at 21:47:43 / 9:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 77.93 km (48 miles). Event id: us10003vv8. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10003vv8. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -27.286 West, latitude -56.0504 South, depth = 77.93 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 08/11/15 / 2015-11-08 23:47:43 / November 8, 2015 @ 11:47 pm.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 72 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.286° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -56.0504° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 77.93 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 72km 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 2015-11-08 23:47:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-11-09 00:07:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -120 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 0 The total number of felt reports
CDI 1 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 400 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 5.563 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 105 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 us10003vv8 Id of event.
Event Code 10003vv8 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10003vv8, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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