A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). The temblor was picked up at 11:48:29 / 11:48 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/01/19 / 2019-01-23 14:48:29 / January 23, 2019 @ 2:48 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -38.0653 West, latitude 8.0465 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000j7uc. Unique identifier: us2000j7uc.
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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