Earthquake details

Wednesday, October 18, 2000 Earthquake

The earthquake hit northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Wednesday, October 18, 2000 at 08:02 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Les Abymes, about 1896.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -45.206 and latitude 23.772.

Magnitude 5.0
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 23.772, -45.206
UTC time 2000-10-18 08:02:50.180
Location northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2000-10-18

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