A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Id of earthquake: us10004rcw. Event ids that are associated: us10004rcw. Exact location of event, longitude -32.5833 West, latitude 4.9832 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:58:17 / 11:58 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 20/02/16 / 2016-02-20 13:58:17 / February 20, 2016 @ 1:58 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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