A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Monday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 09/02/16 / 2016-02-09 00:40:10 / February 9, 2016 @ 12:40 am UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -43.7533° West, latitude 28.3489° North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us20004ywj. Unique identifier: us20004ywj. The temblor was reported at 21:40:10 / 9:40 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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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