A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 67 kilometers (42 miles) from Furnas in Portugal on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000kb83. Unique identifier: us2000kb83. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:54:36 / 5:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -24.7131° West, 37.3915° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 06/04/19 / 2019-04-06 07:54:36 / April 6, 2019 @ 7:54 am UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the event was 92 km (57 miles) from Ponta Delgada (c. 20 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Rosto de Cão (c. 7 900 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Rabo de Peixe (c. 7 700 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Arrifes (c. 7 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Vila Franca do Campo (c. 5 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Arrifes, Ponta Delgada, Rosto de Cão (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 67 km SE of Furnas, Portugal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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