A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:55:54 / 8:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/05/17 / 2017-05-05 23:55:54 / May 5, 2017 @ 11:55 pm. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -45.0567° West, 23.0308° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us10008pz6. Unique identifier: us10008pz6.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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