A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Santa Cruz da Graciosa in Portugal. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw3g. Unique identifier: us6000pw3g. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 04:51:37 / February 21, 2025 @ 4:51 am. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:51:37 / 4:51 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -28.5364° West, 39.0495° North. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ribeira Grande, Horta, Madalena (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 48 km (30 miles) from Lagoa (c. 9 200 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Horta (c. 6 600 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Madalena (c. 6 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ribeira Grande (c. 5 200 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Portugal (c. 10 676 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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