A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 06/05/17 / 2017-05-06 00:21:03 / May 6, 2017 @ 12:21 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us10008pze. Ids that are associated to the event: us10008pze. The temblor was detected at 21:21:03 / 9:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -44.9609° West, 22.834° North.
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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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