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Light earthquake, 4.7 mag strikes near Bristol Island in South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -58.9991S, -25.9011WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 km E of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (22 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 97.73 km (61 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005gaq. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005gaq. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -25.9011 West, latitude -58.9991 South, depth = 97.73 km. The temblor was detected at 10:50:43 / 10:50 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 30/04/16 / 2016-04-30 12:50:43 / April 30, 2016 @ 12:50 pm UTC/GMT.

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 five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km E of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -25.9011° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -58.9991° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 97.73 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35km E of Bristol Island, 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 2016-04-30 12:50:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-05-13 12:38:58 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 340 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 7.506 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.8 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 80 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 us10005gaq Id of event.
Event Code 10005gaq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10005gaq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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