{"id":18549,"date":"2019-10-23T13:44:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=18549"},"modified":"2019-10-23T14:38:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T18:38:23","slug":"strong-earthquake-hits-near-the-equator-in-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/strong-earthquake-hits-near-the-equator-in-the-atlantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquake hits equator in the Atlantic, no tsunami threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck along the equator in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, but it hit well off the coast of Africa and north of Ascension Island, seismologists say. No tsunami warnings have been issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earthquake, which struck at 4:08 p.m. GMT on Wednesday, was centered along the equator in the Atlantic Ocean, about 755 kilometers (469 miles) northeast of Ascension Island, which is part of the United Kingdom, or 858 kilometers (533 miles) southwest of Liberia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seismologists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) put the magnitude at 6.3, down from an initial estimate of 6.5. 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