A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5 (ml/mb) was reported Reykjanes Ridge (0 miles) on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 10:05:07 / 10:05 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -34.6781 West, latitude 52.7638 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 12:05:07 / April 17, 2020 @ 12:05 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008yfh. Id of event: us70008yfh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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