Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquakes: Magnitude 6.9 and 6.7 recorded on same day

Mid-Atlantic Ridge earthquakes measuring magnitude 6.9 and 6.7 were listed on Tuesday, October 13, according to the earthquake-monitoring screenshot provided.

Both events were recorded in the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge region at a listed depth of approximately 10 kilometres. The magnitude 6.9 earthquake followed the earlier magnitude 6.7 event.

Tsunami information statement

A tsunami information statement shared separately listed a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and said no tsunami was expected for the U.S. Atlantic or Gulf Coast.

Earthquake magnitudes can be revised as seismic data is reviewed. The supplied information does not establish whether authorities consider the two earthquakes part of the same sequence.