A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 248 km E of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland (154 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000jccb. Unique identifier: us2000jccb. Exact location, longitude -15.5073° West, latitude 70.0308° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 10:13:38 / February 2, 2019 @ 10:13 am. The 4.6-magnitude earthquake was detected at 09:13:38 / 9:13 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 three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 248 km E of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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