A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Event id: us20007c73. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007c73. The 5.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:53:39 / 6:53 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -34.1105 West, latitude 7.0668 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/10/16 / 2016-10-05 20:53:39 / October 5, 2016 @ 8:53 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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