A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 34 km N of Vik, Iceland (21 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 29/08/16 / 2016-08-29 01:47:05 / August 29, 2016 @ 1:47 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:47:05 / 1:47 am (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us20006uxe. Event ids that are associated: us20006uxe. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -18.9674 West, latitude 63.7293 North, depth = 10 km.
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km N of Vik, Iceland.
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