A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 11/03/17 / 2017-03-11 12:53:41 / March 11, 2017 @ 12:53 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -44.9967 West, latitude 23.5082 North, depth = 10 km. Unique identifier: us100088eq. Ids that are associated to the event: us100088eq. The temblor was detected at 09:53:41 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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