A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000g181. Unique identifier: us2000g181. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 14:35:27 / July 10, 2018 @ 2:35 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 58.2083° East, -31.6242° South. The temblor was reported at 18:35:27 / 6:35 pm (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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