Earthquake strikes 1,245km off Addu; no danger

An earthquake has been recorded approximately 1,245 kilometers from Addu City.

According to the Maldives Meteorological Service (Met Office), the earthquake, which measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, occurred along the Mid-Indian Ridge. The seismic activity was recorded at 4:28pm this evening.

Met Office confirmed that the earthquake poses no direct threat to the Maldives.

The Mid-Indian Ridge is an active submarine mountain range in the Indian Ocean, located along a divergent plate boundary where the African Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate are moving apart.

An earthquake was also reported last Wednesday in the Chagos Archipelago, located approximately 833 kilometers from Addu City.