A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge (0 miles) on Monday. Exact location, longitude -24.6165° West, latitude -0.9384° South, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000ge28. Id of event: us1000ge28. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 16:01:33 / 4:01 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/08/18 / 2018-08-20 18:01:33 / August 20, 2018 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT.
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 has struck near. Each 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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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: Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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