A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/01/20 / 2020-01-11 09:00:45 / January 11, 2020 @ 9:00 am. The temblor was reported at 13:00:45 / 1:00 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us70006y9s. Ids that are associated to the event: us70006y9s. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 61.217° East, -29.5404° South. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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