A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 287 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (178 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/02/19 / 2019-02-24 15:13:43 / February 24, 2019 @ 3:13 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us2000jmgj. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jmgj. The temblor was picked up at 15:13:43 / 3:13 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -1.2133 West, latitude 71.8903 North, depth = 10 km.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 287 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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