A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 129 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands (80 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -25.4309 West, latitude -58.0152 South, depth = 35 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 35 km (22 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/09/18 / 2018-09-19 21:47:12 / September 19, 2018 @ 9:47 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000h2tc. Unique identifier: us1000h2tc. The temblor was reported at 19:47:12 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 129 km NNE of Bristol Island, South Sandwich Islands. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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