A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes North of Ascension Island (0 miles) on Sunday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ryd. Id of event: us10007ryd. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 08/01/17 / 2017-01-08 04:19:46 / January 8, 2017 @ 4:19 am. Exact location, longitude -12.122° West, latitude -3.8774° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:19:46 / 3:19 am (local time epicenter).
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 have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: North of Ascension Island. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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