A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, Reykjanes Ridge (0 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:29:15 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/18 / 2018-12-14 06:29:15 / December 14, 2018 @ 6:29 am. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000ivc0. Id of event: us2000ivc0. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -33.1722° West, 57.3795° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days eight 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: Reykjanes Ridge. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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