Rodrigues: Earthquake of Magnitude 5.1 at 308 KM of the Island this morning | Mopays.com

Published On: Thu, Feb 16th, 2012

Mauritius News / Rodrigues Island | By Mopays Reporter

Rodrigues: Earthquake of Magnitude 5.1 at 308 KM of the Island this morning

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An earthquake of a magnitude of 5.1 happened at 6:20 this morning, 16 February 2012 at 308 km North East of Rodrigues ,890 km EAST-NORTH-EAST of Mauritius and 1115 KM of Reunion island. The meteorological station of Vacoas has confirmed this news and it was reviewed by a seismologist. However there is no tsunami alert on the island. The location of the earthquake is at 17.851°S and 65.596°E and depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles).

This is not a rare phenomena in this part of the Indian Ocean. There have been many tremors registered in the Rodrigues region during the past years.

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