Earthquake details

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 02:50 UTC with a magnitude of 5.0. The closest known location in the current dataset is Guarapari, about 2791.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -15.947 and latitude -33.074.

Magnitude 5.0
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -33.074, -15.947
UTC time 2009-05-27 02:50:23.620
Location southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2009-05-27

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