A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -28.7567° West, 0.9014° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 25/10/16 / 2016-10-25 13:41:32 / October 25, 2016 @ 1:41 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us100072qb. Id of event: us100072qb. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:41:32 / 11:41 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight 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.
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