A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes Western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles) on Tuesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:55:46 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us200030zj. Unique identifier: us200030zj. Exact location of earthquake, 125.0706° East, -49.236° South, depth 12.62 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.62 km (8 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/07/15 / 2015-07-28 15:55:46 / July 28, 2015 @ 3:55 pm.
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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