A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 94 kilometers (58 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Id of earthquake: us1000byf3. Event ids that are associated: us1000byf3. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/12/17 / 2017-12-31 03:49:16 / December 31, 2017 @ 3:49 am. The temblor was detected at 03:49:16 / 3:49 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -6.1929 West, latitude 71.1395 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Olonkinbyen (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 94 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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