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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Earthquake location -15.9309S, -13.0555W


Earthquake location -12.8714S, -14.6319WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 10/08/18 / 2018-08-10 07:18:31 / August 10, 2018 @ 7:18 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:18:31 / 6:18 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us1000g68v. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000g68v. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -14.6319 West, latitude -12.8714 South, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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