A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 231 km E of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland (144 miles) on Saturday. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, -15.9869° West, 70.0224° North. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Unique identifier: us2000jcbv. Ids that are associated to the event: us2000jcbv. The temblor was reported at 08:18:46 / 8:18 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 02/02/19 / 2019-02-02 09:18:46 / February 2, 2019 @ 9:18 am UTC/GMT.
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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