A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge (0 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/08/16 / 2016-08-11 09:24:28 / August 11, 2016 @ 9:24 am. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 08:24:28 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -12.5912° West, 36.5778° North, depth 10 km. Id of earthquake: us10006cvm. Event ids that are associated: us10006cvm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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