A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 260 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (162 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -29.2708 West, latitude 41.3247 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 03:56:12 / 3:56 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jirs. Unique identifier: us2000jirs. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/02/19 / 2019-02-16 05:56:12 / February 16, 2019 @ 5:56 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 260 km NE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal.
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