A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 57.2744 East, latitude -31.9615 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 19:08:04 / 7:08 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 15:08:04 / February 2, 2020 @ 3:08 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007n4k. Id of event: us70007n4k. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Southwest Indian Ridge. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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