A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 279 km ESE of Nord, Greenland (173 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/05/18 / 2018-05-30 16:16:34 / May 30, 2018 @ 4:16 pm. Unique identifier: us1000egp8. Ids that are associated to the event: us1000egp8. Exact location of earthquake, -3.3687° West, 80.5474° North, depth 10 km. The epicenter was 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). The temblor was detected at 16:16:34 / 4:16 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 six 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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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 279 km ESE of Nord, Greenland.
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