Earthquake details

Thursday, December 6, 2007 Earthquake

The earthquake hit northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 17:12 UTC with a magnitude of 5.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Les Abymes, about 1861.0 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -45.113 and latitude 22.692.

Magnitude 5.8
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 22.692, -45.113
UTC time 2007-12-06 17:12:03.220
Location northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2007-12-06

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