A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/15 / 2015-08-16 05:53:21 / August 16, 2015 @ 5:53 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us100032nf. Ids that are associated to the event: us100032nf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -27.2859° West, 46.7332° North, depth 10 km. The temblor was detected at 03:53:21 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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