A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 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: us20003hr3. Id of event: us20003hr3. The temblor was detected at 04:51:57 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -44.3423 West, latitude 26.8995 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 27/08/15 / 2015-08-27 07:51:57 / August 27, 2015 @ 7:51 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each 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 react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity 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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