A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles) on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 15:32:41 / July 10, 2018 @ 3:32 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000g472. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g472. The temblor was picked up at 19:32:41 / 7:32 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 58.2204° East, latitude -31.7451° South, depth = 10 km.
In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-three, in the last 10 days thirty-three, in the past 30 days thirty-three and in the last 365 days thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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