A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes South Shetland Islands (0 miles) on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/10/20 / 2020-10-01 21:50:47 / October 1, 2020 @ 9:50 pm. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:50:47 / 9:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -57.6265 West, latitude -62.2431 South, depth = 10 km. Event id: us6000c6h4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c6h4.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days seventeen, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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