A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, South Sandwich Islands region (0 miles). The temblor was detected at 11:33:21 / 11:33 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 31/07/16 / 2016-07-31 11:33:21 / July 31, 2016 @ 11:33 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 102.87 km (64 miles). Exact location, longitude -27.5686° West, latitude -56.2842° South, depth = 102.87 km. Event id: us100068yv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100068yv.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each 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.
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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. 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: South Sandwich Islands region.
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