A magnitude 6.9 earthquake has been recorded in the central Atlantic Ocean, north of Ascension Island.
Interfax reported this, citing the Altai–Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The earthquake occurred on 13 October, with its epicentre 990 km north of Ascension Island.
According to the Russian Academy of Sciences’ service, the intensity of the shaking at the epicentre was destructive.
The US Geological Survey put the earthquake’s depth at 10 km.
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