A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 03/08/15 / 2015-08-03 15:34:12 / August 3, 2015 @ 3:34 pm. Event id: us10002xgx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10002xgx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -43.6611 West, latitude 28.4282 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 12:34:12 / 12:34 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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