A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 168 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (104 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -4.2693° West, latitude 71.3717° North, depth = 10 km. Global time and date of event 12/10/17 / 2017-10-12 15:50:36 / October 12, 2017 @ 3:50 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:50:36 / 3:50 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us1000aqr0. Event ids that are associated: us1000aqr0. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
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 have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. 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: 168 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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