A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 253 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (157 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 21:05:33 / 9:05 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000ec36. Unique identifier: us1000ec36. Global time and date of event 23/05/18 / 2018-05-23 23:05:33 / May 23, 2018 @ 11:05 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -29.3762° West, 41.3097° North.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 eight 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. 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: 253 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal.
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