A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) strikes Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles) on Wednesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 15.56 km (10 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 59.0827 East, latitude -31.0895 South, depth = 15.56 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10004u46. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004u46. The temblor was reported at 20:34:15 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/03/16 / 2016-03-02 16:34:15 / March 2, 2016 @ 4:34 pm UTC/GMT.
Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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 was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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