Earthquake details

Friday, January 6, 2012 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Friday, January 6, 2012 at 00:38 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Harper, about 2179.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -14.263 and latitude -14.092.

Magnitude 5.1
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -14.092, -14.263
UTC time 2012-01-06 00:38:48.400
Location southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2012-01-06

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