A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 293 km WNW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (182 miles) on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 03:53:22 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 3.4201 East, latitude 79.3538 North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 08/06/16 / 2016-06-08 03:53:22 / June 8, 2016 @ 3:53 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us200062py. Id of event: us200062py.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 293 km WNW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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