A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Saturday. Global time and date of event 08/08/15 / 2015-08-08 19:56:44 / August 8, 2015 @ 7:56 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us100034ru. Unique identifier: us100034ru. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -14.1709 West, latitude -13.9774 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 18:56:44 / 6:56 pm (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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