A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) strikes 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Maniitsoq in Greenland on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 04/06/18 / 2018-06-04 22:49:26 / June 4, 2018 @ 10:49 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -51.7818 West, latitude 65.0237 North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us1000einu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000einu. The temblor was reported at 19:49:26 / 7:49 pm (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Greenland (c. 56 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Nuuk (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Nuuk (c. 14 800 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. 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. 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: 68 km SE of Maniitsoq, Greenland.
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