Baku-APA. An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted north of Ascension Island at 21:50:18 GMT on Sat, Jan. 12, 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.00 km, was initially determined to be at 0.0720 degrees north latitude and 17.0338 degrees west longitude.