A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 31 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (19 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 99.54 km (62 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:28:32 / 5:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/03/16 / 2016-03-03 19:28:32 / March 3, 2016 @ 7:28 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -26.95 West, latitude -56.4496 South, depth = 99.54 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004ugf. Id of event: us10004ugf.
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. 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 one, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 31 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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