Earthquake details

Thursday, August 20, 1925 Earthquake

The earthquake hit central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Thursday, August 20, 1925 at 23:04 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Freetown, about 1385.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -22.934 and latitude 0.636.

Magnitude	5.7
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	0.636, -22.934
UTC time	1925-08-20 23:04:41.020

Location	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country	central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1925-08-20

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Freetown	1385.7 km
Waterloo	1389.8 km
Camayenne	1424.9 km
Conakry	1425.9 km
Kamsar	1445.5 km
Dubréka	1457.6 km
Manéah	1461.7 km
Coyah	1462.2 km
Njala	1476.9 km
Bo	1485.9 km
Monrovia	1488.2 km
Bissau	1489.6 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1

central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Unknown · 2015-12-06 03:14 UTC

48.8 km

M 5.6

central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Unknown · 1939-06-08 01:57 UTC

19.6 km

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