A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, South of Africa (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 09:13:40 / 9:13 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 31.1489 East, latitude -48.9127 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007uy3. Id of event: us10007uy3. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/01/17 / 2017-01-23 07:13:40 / January 23, 2017 @ 7:13 am.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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