A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Southeast Indian Ridge (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/07/18 / 2018-07-21 20:56:20 / July 21, 2018 @ 8:56 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 99.7328 East, latitude -48.2198 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us2000gaxd. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000gaxd. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:56:20 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Southeast Indian Ridge.
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