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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Visokoi Island in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands


Earthquake location -57.2174S, -25.0337WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 143 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (89 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 59.49 km (37 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -25.0337° West, -57.2174° South, depth 59.49 km. The temblor was picked up at 11:58:54 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 09/11/19 / 2019-11-09 13:58:54 / November 9, 2019 @ 1:58 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us60006c2m. Ids that are associated to the event: us60006c2m.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 143 km ESE of Visokoi Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -25.0337° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude -57.2174° South Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 59.49 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 143km ESE 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 2019-11-09 13:58:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2019-12-02 20:15:22 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 312 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 7.101 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.15 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 191 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60006c2m Id of event.
Event Code 60006c2m An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60006c2m, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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