A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 239 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (149 miles). Exact location, longitude -29.389° West, latitude 41.1584° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:58:04 / 10:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us1000d9yf. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000d9yf. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/03/18 / 2018-03-28 00:58:04 / March 28, 2018 @ 12:58 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 239 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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