A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Friday. 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). Exact time and date of earthquake 31/05/19 / 2019-05-31 21:02:41 / May 31, 2019 @ 9:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -39.0038° West, 33.8082° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us70003ty7. Unique identifier: us70003ty7. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:02:41 / 6:02 pm (local time epicenter).
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 three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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