A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us1000ej31. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000ej31. The temblor was picked up at 07:24:13 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -19.5206° West, latitude -0.0891° South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/05/18 / 2018-05-31 08:24:13 / May 31, 2018 @ 8:24 am.
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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