A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was reported north of Ascension Island (0 miles) on Friday. Event id: us6000rm3c. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rm3c. Global time and date of event 07/11/25 / 2025-11-07 14:02:40 / November 7, 2025 @ 2:02 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location, longitude -12.8° West, latitude -0.9522° South, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was detected at 14:02:40 / 2:02 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: north of Ascension Island.
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