A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 81 km NNE of Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (50 miles) on Thursday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global time and date of event 19/03/20 / 2020-03-19 03:09:36 / March 19, 2020 @ 3:09 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 72.692 East, latitude -6.6518 South, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:09:36 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70008gux. Unique identifier: us70008gux.
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 81 km NNE of Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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