A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 11:30:07 / July 10, 2018 @ 11:30 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 58.2182 East, latitude -31.5761 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: us2000g146. Id of event: us2000g146. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 15:30:07 / 3:30 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Southwest Indian Ridge.
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