A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was reported Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Monday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -4.5837 West, latitude -52.833 South, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us2000awlp. Unique identifier: us2000awlp. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/09/17 / 2017-09-18 20:57:09 / September 18, 2017 @ 8:57 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 20:57:09 / 8:57 pm (local time epicenter).
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. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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