A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). Unique identifier: us2000g44y. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000g44y. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:47:21 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 07:47:21 / July 10, 2018 @ 7:47 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 58.07 East, latitude -31.6855 South, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirty-eight, in the last 10 days thirty-eight, in the past 30 days thirty-eight and in the last 365 days fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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