A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Wednesday. Unique identifier: us20008jyv. Ids that are associated to the event: us20008jyv. 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: 01/02/17 / 2017-02-01 16:46:49 / February 1, 2017 @ 4:46 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -10.7313 West, latitude -22.3093 South, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 15:46:49 / 3:46 pm (local time epicenter).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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