A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/01/18 / 2018-01-26 16:19:03 / January 26, 2018 @ 4:19 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ciew. Id of event: us1000ciew. The temblor was reported at 14:19:03 / 2:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -27.1119° West, 0.8055° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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