A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) strikes Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -40.6351 West, latitude 9.8493 North, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/12/17 / 2017-12-03 16:50:28 / December 3, 2017 @ 4:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 13:50:28 / 1:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000bkks. Event ids that are associated: us1000bkks. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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