A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 60 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (37 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:39:04 / 7:39 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 123.01 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -27.3219° West, latitude -56.1583° South, depth = 123.01 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g7gi. Unique identifier: us2000g7gi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/07/18 / 2018-07-11 09:39:04 / July 11, 2018 @ 9:39 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days seventy-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city 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: 60 km N of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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