A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 152 km SSE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal (94 miles) on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000byr4. Id of event: us1000byr4. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -30.5673° West, 38.1413° North. Global time and date of event 01/01/18 / 2018-01-01 09:24:58 / January 1, 2018 @ 9:24 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 07:24:58 / 7:24 am (local time epicenter).
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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 152 km SSE of Santa Cruz das Flores, Portugal. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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