A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles). Unique identifier: us6000pw26. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw26. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 124.4047 East, latitude -49.3758 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/02/25 / 2025-02-20 10:27:38 / February 20, 2025 @ 10:27 am. The earthquake was roughly 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). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:27:38 / 10:27 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: western Indian-Antarctic Ridge.
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