A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 99 km NW of Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (62 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.7377 East, latitude -6.7482 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:52:49 / 5:52 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 26/07/18 / 2018-07-26 00:52:49 / July 26, 2018 @ 12:52 am UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000gi9r. Unique identifier: us2000gi9r.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 99 km NW of Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.
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