A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Evora in Portugal on Monday. Exact location, longitude -7.9744° West, latitude 38.7936° North, depth = 10 km. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:51:38 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/01/18 / 2018-01-15 11:51:38 / January 15, 2018 @ 11:51 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us2000cjne. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000cjne. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Badajoz (c. 148 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Setúbal (c. 117 100 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Évora (c. 55 600 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Beja (c. 34 800 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Montijo (c. 30 000 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Santarém (c. 29 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alhandra, Torres Novas, Carregado. Close country/countries, Spain (c. 46 506 000 pop), Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 26 km NNW of Evora, Portugal. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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