A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 48 kilometers (30 miles) from Husavik in Iceland on Monday. Unique identifier: us2000d4k4. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000d4k4. Exact location, longitude -17.8462° West, latitude 66.4335° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 04:34:16 / 4:34 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/02/18 / 2018-02-19 05:34:16 / February 19, 2018 @ 5:34 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Akureyri. Country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop). The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Akureyri (c. 17 700 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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: 48 km NNW of Husavik, Iceland.
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