A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Tuesday at 11:14 am IST. The United States Geological Survey said the tremor hit at a depth of 10 km. Earlier, a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Panama at 4:50:37 am IST. That tremor also got recorded at 10 km depth.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 10 km depth (Reuters representative image)
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Tuesday at 11:14 am IST, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake took place at a depth of 10 km. Earlier in the day, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck Panama at 4:50:37 am IST, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor was recorded at a depth of 10 km, with its epicentre located at latitude 7.683 degrees north and longitude 81.405 degrees west. The earthquake came days after a powerful tremor struck the country and triggered a series of aftershocks.