A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20007fmw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20007fmw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/10/16 / 2016-10-15 00:46:53 / October 15, 2016 @ 12:46 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:46:53 / 10:46 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -24.7087 West, latitude -1.0721 South, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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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