A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 205 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (127 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -29.3313° West, 40.6959° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us1000dnmp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dnmp. Global time and date of event 14/04/18 / 2018-04-14 16:56:25 / April 14, 2018 @ 4:56 pm UTC/GMT. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:56:25 / 2:56 pm (local time epicenter).
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 six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 205 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal.
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