A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 150 km NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (93 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000jami. Id of event: us1000jami. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/03/19 / 2019-03-05 00:57:19 / March 5, 2019 @ 12:57 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude -12.0923 West, latitude 71.7325 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 23:57:19 / 11:57 pm (local time epicenter).
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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 150 km NW of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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