Earthquake details

Thursday, February 27, 2020 Earthquake

The earthquake hit southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 04:11 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Harper, about 2013.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -14.798 and latitude -12.283.

Magnitude 5.1
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates -12.283, -14.798
UTC time 2020-02-27 04:11:10.694
Location southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Country southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2020-02-27

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