A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 61.2503° East, -29.4488° South. Unique identifier: us70006wpf. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006wpf. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:55:43 / 4:55 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/01/20 / 2020-01-09 00:55:43 / January 9, 2020 @ 12:55 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Southwest Indian Ridge.
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