Earthquake details

Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Earthquake

The earthquake hit central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Wednesday, January 24, 2001 at 05:34 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Waterloo, about 1247.9 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -19.863 and latitude -0.596.

Magnitude 5.7
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -0.596, -19.863
UTC time 2001-01-24 05:34:32.470
Location central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2001-01-24

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