Major earthquake: M7.3 quake has struck near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

A major earthquake magnitude 7.3 (ml/mb) strikes 69 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (43 miles) on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/16 / 2016-05-28 09:47:03 / May 28, 2016 @ 9:47 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: at00o7vsif. Id of event: at00o7vsif. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -26.9 West, latitude -56.1 South, depth = 103 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 103 km (64 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has been issued near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 7.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:47:03 / 7:47 am (local time epicenter).

There are an estimated 15 major earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eighty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 7.0 to 7.9 may cause serious damage.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 69 km NNE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	7.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-26.9° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	-56.1° South	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	103 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	69km NNE 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	2016-05-28 09:47:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2016-05-28 09:59:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-120	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	1	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	820	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	at	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,at,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	5.71598015	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.04 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68.4	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	Mi	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	at00o7vsif	Id of event.
Event Code	00o7vsif	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,at00o7vsif,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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