A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 118 km E of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (73 miles). The temblor was picked up at 01:54:41 / 1:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 03:54:41 / February 29, 2016 @ 3:54 am. Id of earthquake: us10004uf0. Event ids that are associated: us10004uf0. Exact location of earthquake, -29.7594° West, 39.6457° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 118 km E of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal.
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