A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 282 km NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius (175 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:48:43 / 3:48 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 65.3481 East, latitude -17.9193 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us10002m5u. Unique identifier: us10002m5u. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/06/15 / 2015-06-27 23:48:43 / June 27, 2015 @ 11:48 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 282 km NE of Port Mathurin, Mauritius.
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