A light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Friday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 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). Id of earthquake: us2000g2zg. Event ids that are associated: us2000g2zg. The temblor was reported at 15:17:36 / 3:17 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -11.9271 West, latitude -21.1116 South, depth = 10 km. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/07/18 / 2018-07-06 15:17:36 / July 6, 2018 @ 3:17 pm.
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 has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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