A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/17 / 2017-04-26 13:37:05 / April 26, 2017 @ 1:37 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -28.6591° West, 1.0072° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us10008nax. Unique identifier: us10008nax. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:37:05 / 11:37 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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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