An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 jolted Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge on Wednesday (31 Janurary), Xinhua quoted the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences as saying.
The epicenter, at a depth of 10 km, was initially determined
to be at 11.65 degrees north latitude and 43.72 degrees west longitude.
Other earthquakes strike Scottish island the Isle of Mull on
Monday. 3.3-magnitude quake hit the Isle of Mull at 7.30pm on Monday, followed
by a series of five smaller ones, The Sky News said citing the British
Geological Survey (BGS).
Earlier on Monday, a 2.3-magnitude earthquake was recorded
at Moidart in the Highlands at around 2.24pm, while a 1.1-magnitude quake hit
Morvern, also in the Highlands, at 1.10pm.
All the quakes were at a depth of 7km, apart from a quake at 7.38pm on Mull which measured one on the Richter scale and was at a depth of 6km.
