A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 61 kilometers (38 miles) from Furnas in Portugal. Exact location, longitude -24.7342° West, latitude 37.4717° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:19:23 / 10:19 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us70006u9w. Unique identifier: us70006u9w. Global time and date of event 19/12/19 / 2019-12-19 00:19:23 / December 19, 2019 @ 12:19 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Arrifes, Ponta Delgada, Rosto de Cão (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 87 km (54 miles) from Ponta Delgada (c. 20 100 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Rosto de Cão (c. 7 900 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Rabo de Peixe (c. 7 700 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Arrifes (c. 7 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Vila Franca do Campo (c. 5 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 61 km ESE of Furnas, Portugal.
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