A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Sandgerdi in Iceland on Saturday. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:17:54 / 11:17 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us700068u5. Unique identifier: us700068u5. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/11/19 / 2019-11-16 13:17:54 / November 16, 2019 @ 1:17 pm. Exact location of event, longitude -23.3364 West, latitude 63.7843 North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 80 km (50 miles) from Reykjavík (c. 118 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Kópavogur (c. 31 700 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Hafnarfjörður (c. 26 800 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Garðabær (c. 11 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Mosfellsbær (c. 8 700 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Akranes (c. 6 600 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mosfellsbær, Akranes, Reykjavík (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Iceland (c. 309 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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. 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: 41 km SW of Sandgerdi, Iceland.
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