6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Mid-Atlantic Ridge
USGS said the quake was shallow and the second M6+ event in the region today, with low damage risk and no tsunami threat.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) The Korea Meteorological Administration reported that a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurred at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 9:23:07 p.m. (KST) on the 13th, citing foreign observation agencies, etc.
A powerful earthquake recorded on the meso-Atlantic dorsal, more than 1,100 kilometres from Sierra Leone, puts under surveillance one of the largest tectonic fractures on the planet. At the moment, no tsunami alerts have been issued.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday. The earthquake, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), occurred 1195 kilometers from Sierra Leone and had a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The article 6.9 Earthquake in the Atlantic Ocean – 1195 kilometers from Sierra Leone appeared first on Documento.
The focal depth is estimated at eight kilometers.
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