A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -12.7068 West, latitude -28.8266 South, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us10004ufp. Ids that are associated to the event: us10004ufp. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:50:40 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). 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. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 29/02/16 / 2016-02-29 23:50:40 / February 29, 2016 @ 11:50 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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