A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, -13.7724° West, -12.0186° South, depth 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/01/19 / 2019-01-30 19:06:00 / January 30, 2019 @ 7:06 pm. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:06:00 / 6:06 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Id of earthquake: us2000jher. Event ids that are associated: us2000jher.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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 three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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. 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: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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