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Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag was detected near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -56.3141S, -27.6801WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 52 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (32 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 21:29:32 / 9:29 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us60003sv9. Unique identifier: us60003sv9. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 120.29 km (75 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -27.6801° West, -56.3141° South, depth 120.29 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/05/19 / 2019-05-27 23:29:32 / May 27, 2019 @ 11:29 pm UTC/GMT.

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days seventy-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.

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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: 52 km NW of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -27.6801° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -56.3141° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 120.29 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 52km NW 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 2019-05-27 23:29:32 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-05-27 23:45:17 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 0 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 518 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 5.427 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.93 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60003sv9 Id of event.
Event Code 60003sv9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60003sv9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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