A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 61.1231 East, latitude -29.1439 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:01:52 / 1:01 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us200064sp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200064sp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/06/16 / 2016-06-10 21:01:52 / June 10, 2016 @ 9:01 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Southwest Indian Ridge.
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