A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, western Indian-Antarctic Ridge (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 14:56:41 / July 18, 2025 @ 2:56 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 138.8301 East, latitude -51.5341 South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qwm2. Id of event: us6000qwm2. The temblor was picked up at 14:56:41 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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