A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/06/17 / 2017-06-01 03:40:28 / June 1, 2017 @ 3:40 am. Exact location of earthquake, -31.0102° West, 2.6838° North, depth 10 km. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:40:28 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us20009la8. Ids that are associated to the event: us20009la8.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 in the same area.
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