A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 103 km NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (64 miles) on Saturday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us1000bkbl. Unique identifier: us1000bkbl. The temblor was reported at 15:40:43 / 3:40 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 02/12/17 / 2017-12-02 16:40:43 / December 2, 2017 @ 4:40 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -11.1208° West, latitude 71.4341° North, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 103 km NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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