Earthquake details

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Earthquake

The earthquake hit north of Ascension Island on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 23:04 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Monrovia, about 1023.6 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -17.574 and latitude 0.071.

Magnitude 5.1
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 0.071, -17.574
UTC time 2008-10-21 23:04:36.460
Location north of Ascension Island
Country north of Ascension Island
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2008-10-21

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
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M 4.5
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M 4.4
central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
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M 5.5
central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Unknown · 2024-08-04 05:43 UTC
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M 4.4
north of Ascension Island
Unknown · 2023-11-25 00:07 UTC
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M 4.5
north of Ascension Island
Unknown · 2023-11-07 00:34 UTC
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M 4.8
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