OREANDA-NEWS An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 was recorded on Friday in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean 566 km north of the city of Funchal on the island of Madeira (Portugal), the Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences reports.

According to the operational processing of the branch, the epicenter of the earthquake recorded at 04:29 Moscow time was located 763 km west of Lisbon.

According to the intensity of the tremors, the seismic event is rated as "very strong".

The US Geological Survey estimated the magnitude of the earthquake at 5.2. According to her, the earthquake was located at a depth of 10 km.