A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge (0 miles). The temblor was reported at 19:01:40 / 7:01 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -17.8803° West, 35.9071° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/05/18 / 2018-05-14 20:01:40 / May 14, 2018 @ 8:01 pm. Unique identifier: us1000e7ye. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000e7ye. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: Azores-Cape St. Vincent Ridge.
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