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Strong mag. 5.6 Earthquake - North Atlantic Ocean on Friday, May 7, 2021 08:45 am (GMT -3)

Strong magnitude 5.6 earthquake at 10 km depth

7 May 11:53 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
7 May 12:47: Magnitude recalculated from 5.5 to 5.6. Epicenter location corrected by 8.7 km (5.4 mi) towards E.

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 7, 2021 11:45:25 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Friday, May 7, 2021 08:45 am (GMT -3)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5.6
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	14.02°N / 48.22°W
Antipode	14.02°S / 131.78°E
Shaking intensity	Strong shaking near epicenter
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 25.2°C (77 F), humidity: 71%, wind: 8 m/s (16 kts) from ENE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.6 x 10¹³ joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Mag	Depth	Time GMT	Epicenter	Agency
5.6	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 11:45:25	North Atlantic Ocean	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
5.6	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 11:45:25	NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN 10.3 km (6.4 mi) epicenter difference with GFZ	EMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
5.2	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 11:45:27	Near Paramaribo 18 km (11 mi) epicenter difference with GFZ	RENASS (Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS))
5.3	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 11:45:26	North Atlantic Ocean 17 km (10.3 mi) epicenter difference with GFZ	BMKG (Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia)
5.5	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 11:45:25	North Atlantic Ocean 22 km (14 mi) epicenter difference with GFZ	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
5.6	10 km (6.2 mi) (*)	2021-05-7 11:45:25	North Atlantic Ocean 2.5 km (1.6 mi) epicenter difference with GFZ	GeoAu (Geoscience Australia )

Notes:
(*) A depth given as 10 km often means that the the depth of the quake could not determined with sufficient accuracy.

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Seismograms

Seismic station: Gun Hill, Barbados (BBGH/CU network) | Distance from quake: 1229 km / 764 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Gun Hill, Barbados: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User-reports for this quake (4)

User reports estimate the perceived ground shaking intensity according to the MMI (Modified Mercalli Intensity) scale.

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near Macouria, Guyane, Guyane (1105.5 km SSW of epicenter) [Map] / not felt (reported through our app)

1977.7 km WNW of epicenter [Map] / not felt

Bogotá (3017.1 km WSW of epicenter) [Map] / Very weak shaking (MMI II) / 1-2 s

Caribbean (4044.2 km W of epicenter) [Map] / not felt

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