A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, Southwest Indian Ridge (0 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70007n48. Id of event: us70007n48. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, 57.5782° East, -31.9116° South, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 15:00:14 / 3:00 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/20 / 2020-02-02 11:00:14 / February 2, 2020 @ 11:00 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Southwest Indian Ridge. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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