A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 262 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (163 miles). Global time and date of event 18/01/18 / 2018-01-18 15:34:02 / January 18, 2018 @ 3:34 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 15:34:02 / 3:34 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -1.7754° West, latitude 71.7004° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us2000crrl. Event ids that are associated: us2000crrl.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 262 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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