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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Longyearbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen


Earthquake location 78.3863S, 6.5664WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 206 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (128 miles). Exact location, longitude 6.5664° East, latitude 78.3863° North, depth = 10 km. Id of earthquake: us7000nqnl. Event ids that are associated: us7000nqnl. The earthquake occurred 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). Exact time and date of earthquake 21/10/24 / 2024-10-21 00:10:26 / October 21, 2024 @ 12:10 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:10:26 / 12:10 am (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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 206 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 6.5664° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 78.3863° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 206 km W of Longyearbyen, 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 2024-10-21 00:10:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-18 23:36:26 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 312 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 32 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.189 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.06 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us7000nqnl Id of event.
Event Code 7000nqnl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nqnl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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