A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 88 kilometers (55 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Global time and date of event 25/04/18 / 2018-04-25 00:06:56 / April 25, 2018 @ 12:06 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -6.3056° West, 70.8693° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us1000drqf. Event ids that are associated: us1000drqf. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 5.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:06:56 / 12:06 am (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 88 km (55 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olonkinbyen. Close country/countries, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. 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 five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year.
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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: 88 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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