A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -14.6781 West, latitude -12.802 South, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us20004gpw. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us20004gpw. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 12/12/15 / 2015-12-12 12:14:39 / December 12, 2015 @ 12:14 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:14:39 / 11:14 am (local time epicenter).
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 has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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