A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 185 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (115 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 03:51:49 / 3:51 am (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. Exact location, longitude -29.3796° West, latitude 40.4496° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us20005fiz. Event ids that are associated: us20005fiz. Global time and date of event 05/04/16 / 2016-04-05 05:51:49 / April 5, 2016 @ 5:51 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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