A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us10005z2v. Ids that are associated to the event: us10005z2v. Exact location of earthquake, -40.7853° West, 31.4627° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 01/07/16 / 2016-07-01 10:58:22 / July 1, 2016 @ 10:58 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 07:58:22 / 7:58 am (local time epicenter).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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