A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 222 km SSW of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (138 miles). Exact location, longitude -31.6888° West, latitude 37.4929° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/19 / 2019-07-08 00:39:23 / July 8, 2019 @ 12:39 am. Unique identifier: us70004edn. Ids that are associated to the event: us70004edn. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 22:39:23 / 10:39 pm (local time epicenter).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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: 222 km SSW of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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