A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported 1969 km SW of Lajes das Flores, Portugal (1223 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 30/05/20 / 2020-05-30 03:34:02 / May 30, 2020 @ 3:34 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000a6h8. Unique identifier: us6000a6h8. The temblor was picked up at 03:34:02 / 3:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -44.929° West, 25.8997° North.
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 1969 km SW of Lajes das Flores, Portugal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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