Earthquake details

Wednesday, August 30, 1939 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Wednesday, August 30, 1939 at 00:14 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Harper, about 2200.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -14.037 and latitude -14.367.

Magnitude 5.8
Alert Strong
Depth 15.0 km
Coordinates -14.367, -14.037
UTC time 1939-08-30 00:14:23.910
Location southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1939-08-30

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