A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/05/18 / 2018-05-12 00:32:55 / May 12, 2018 @ 12:32 am. Exact location, longitude -44.3351° West, latitude 27.2283° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000e751. Id of event: us1000e751. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:32:55 / 9:32 pm (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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