A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, Reykjanes Ridge (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 19:49:23 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -35.2585 West, latitude 53.8881 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 25/06/16 / 2016-06-25 21:49:23 / June 25, 2016 @ 9:49 pm. Event id: us200066uf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200066uf. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Reykjanes Ridge. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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