Strong earthquake 6.6 mag, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

A earthquake magnitude 6.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). Exact location, longitude -29.7625° West, latitude 0.7178° North, depth = 6.416 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/03/25 / 2025-03-28 17:17:26 / March 28, 2025 @ 5:17 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 6.416 km (4 miles). Event id: us7000pnf2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pnf2. The temblor was detected at 17:17:26 / 5:17 pm (local time epicenter).

Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 135 earthquakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: central Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	6.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-29.7625° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	0.7178° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.416 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-28 17:17:26	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-28 17:35:57	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	670	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	179	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	8.935	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.57 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	51	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pnf2	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pnf2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pnf2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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