A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/07/18 / 2018-07-10 21:26:00 / July 10, 2018 @ 9:26 pm. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:26:00 / 1:26 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 58.187° East, latitude -31.5497° South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 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). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000g47q. Id of event: us2000g47q.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been fourty-four, in the last 10 days fourty-four, in the past 30 days fourty-four and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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