M6.8 Earthquake Near central Mid-Atlantic Ridge Carries Provider Tsunami Flag

USGS Week reports M6.8 near central Mid-Atlantic Ridge, with a 10.0 km catalog depth.

Published 2026-10-14T00:48:24.298Z

The event began at Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:23:07 GMT. USGS Week reports magnitude 6.8, 10.0 km catalog depth, and coordinates -0.408, -19.431.

The catalog location label is central Mid-Atlantic Ridge; no separate nearest-city field was supplied with this solution. By catalog depth, this is a shallow event. The magnitude-derived energy estimate is 1.00e+15 joules, or about 239,006 tons of TNT equivalent; that calculation describes source energy, not local damage.

The current catalog entry does not include a public felt-report count. Other attached observation fields include catalog significance score 711. No official casualty or damage statement is attached to the normalized event evidence.

The USGS Week catalog currently marks the solution as reviewed. No station-count, phase-count, residual, gap, or uncertainty fields were supplied in the normalized record. No alternate network solution is attached to this record.

The provider record carries a tsunami-related flag. That field is not itself a warning; readers should check the issuing tsunami warning center and local officials. Magnitude, depth, and location can change as monitoring networks add observations and review the solution.