A earthquake magnitude 6 (ml/mb) strikes 265 km NE of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica (165 miles) on Thursday. Exact location of event, longitude -175.635 West, latitude -65.8111 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:37:53 / 11:37 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/02/18 / 2018-02-02 11:37:53 / February 2, 2018 @ 11:37 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ce9r. Unique identifier: us1000ce9r. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 135 quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 265 km NE of Scott Island Bank, Antarctica. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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