A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us10002mig. Ids that are associated to the event: us10002mig. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/06/15 / 2015-06-30 07:40:04 / June 30, 2015 @ 7:40 am. The 5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:40:04 / 9:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -7.6984 West, latitude 71.1009 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olonkinbyen (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 42 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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