A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 238 km ESE of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland (148 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70004cm4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70004cm4. The temblor was reported at 11:47:03 / 11:47 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/07/19 / 2019-07-06 12:47:03 / July 6, 2019 @ 12:47 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude -15.9508° West, latitude 69.8463° North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 238 km ESE of Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland.
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