A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -44.8812° West, latitude 23.689° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us70005e3v. Ids that are associated to the event: us70005e3v. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 10/09/19 / 2019-09-10 13:40:58 / September 10, 2019 @ 1:40 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 10:40:58 / 10:40 am (local time epicenter).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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