A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck northern Brazil, but there were no casualties.

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale struck the north-northeast region of Brazil late on Thursday, April 4, but did not cause casualties or damage, according to information collected until this Friday. The earthquake was recorded by equipment at ENSC, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, but the depth at which it occurred meant it did not cause any casualties or damage.

According to the European center, the epicenter of the earthquake was in the city of Cururupu in the interior of the state of Maranhao, 130 km from the state capital of San Luis. Kururupu has a population of 31,500, but the tremors did not cause panic or riots. Few people felt the onslaught, since it happened at a very great depth, estimated by EMSC at 360 km.

At the same time, on Thursday evening, the US Geological Survey (USG) recorded five magnitude 5.0 earthquakes of the same magnitude at the junction of the South American and African tectonic plates, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and about 1,300 km from the island. San Luis, but it is not yet known whether the two incidents are related. Brazil is not a critical region for large-scale earthquakes, but tremors of medium and low intensity are regularly recorded here, which in most cases cause only fear among the population and minor property damage.