A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/05/18 / 2018-05-02 00:02:02 / May 2, 2018 @ 12:02 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us1000e1bu. Unique identifier: us1000e1bu. The temblor was picked up at 23:02:02 / 11:02 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -15.5616° West, -15.9894° South, depth 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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