A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20003ggj. Id of event: us20003ggj. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -44.2311° West, latitude 27.1955° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 23:49:28 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/08/15 / 2015-08-22 02:49:28 / August 22, 2015 @ 2:49 am.
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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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