A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Mauritius – Reunion region (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 19:56:57 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000hql9. Id of event: us1000hql9. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 66.3507 East, latitude -20.1168 South, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/11/18 / 2018-11-11 15:56:57 / November 11, 2018 @ 3:56 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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