A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen on Tuesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/03/25 / 2025-03-11 00:08:10 / March 11, 2025 @ 12:08 am. The temblor was picked up at 00:08:10 / 12:08 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: us6000py1y. Unique identifier: us6000py1y. Exact location of event, longitude -7.4555 West, latitude 70.9591 North, depth = 10 km.
Close country/countries that might be effected, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olonkinbyen (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 46 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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