SummaryMapsTestimonies Medias Scientific data
Magnitude4.9
RegionCENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE
Date time2026-05-15 14:27:31.0 UTC
Location-0.119 ; -18.770
Depth8 km
Distance1137 km SSW of Freetown, Sierra Leone / pop: 802,000 / local time: 14:27:31.0 2026-05-15
1098 km SSW of Bonthe, Sierra Leone / pop: 10,200 / local time: 14:27:31.0 2026-05-15
Source parameters reviewed by a seismologist
All data providers for this event:
Seismological Survey of Serbia -- Belgrade, Serbia (BEO)
National Institute for Earth Physics -- Bucharest, Romania (NIEP)
Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences -- Obninsk, Russia (GSRAS)
Ukrainian NDC, Main Center of Special Monitoring -- Kyiv, Ukraine (MCSM)
Centro de Sismologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo (member of the RSBR) -- Sao Paulo, Brazil (USP)
Republican Seismic Survey Center or Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences -- Baku, Azerbaijan (RSSC)
EMSC -- Arpajon, France (SC4)
Further information can be found at:
GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) -- Potsdam, Germany (GFZ)
National Earthquake Information Center, U.S. Geological Survey -- Golden, United States (NEIC)