A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:29:40 / 1:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 56.1986 East, latitude -33.7801 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us60005n7b. Event ids that are associated: us60005n7b. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/09/19 / 2019-09-24 21:29:40 / September 24, 2019 @ 9:29 pm.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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