A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -29.121 West, latitude 0.7363 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 09/11/19 / 2019-11-09 05:38:47 / November 9, 2019 @ 5:38 am. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:38:47 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us600069m8. Event ids that are associated: us600069m8.
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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