A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Tuesday. The temblor was picked up at 14:54:39 / 2:54 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -16.1776 West, latitude -43.7667 South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us200066jw. Unique identifier: us200066jw. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/06/16 / 2016-06-21 15:54:39 / June 21, 2016 @ 3:54 pm.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, 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 have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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