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Light earthquake 4 mag, 276 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen


Earthquake location 71.6291S, -1.3188WA light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 276 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (171 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/04/20 / 2020-04-17 21:23:15 / April 17, 2020 @ 9:23 pm. Exact location, longitude -1.3188° West, latitude 71.6291° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 21:23:15 / 9:23 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us60009ash. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60009ash. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

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 struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 276 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -1.3188° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 71.6291° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 276km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-17 21:23:15 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-24 03:56:55 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 0 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 246 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 7.982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 143 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us60009ash Id of event.
Event Code 60009ash An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us60009ash, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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