A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Sunday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10004sdl. Id of event: us10004sdl. Exact location of event, longitude -32.601 West, latitude 4.2312 North, depth = 10 km. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 00:14:17 / 12:14 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/02/16 / 2016-02-21 02:14:17 / February 21, 2016 @ 2:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been fifteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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