A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Ribeirinha in Portugal. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9v8. Id of event: us7000p9v8. Exact time and date of earthquake 19/01/25 / 2025-01-19 17:51:30 / January 19, 2025 @ 5:51 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 17:51:30 / 5:51 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude -27.2053° West, latitude 38.7° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lagoa, Praia da Vitória, Angra do Heroísmo. Close country/countries that might be effected, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop). The epicenter was 6 km (4 miles) from Angra do Heroísmo (c. 12 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Lagoa (c. 9 200 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Praia da Vitória (c. 6 100 pop).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NNW of Ribeirinha, Portugal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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