A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 13/12/17 / 2017-12-13 01:39:10 / December 13, 2017 @ 1:39 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:39:10 / 11:39 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us2000c3px. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000c3px. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -32.6992° West, 5.6533° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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. 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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