A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, Svalbard region (0 miles). Exact location, longitude 7.9675° East, latitude 76.0396° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 22:26:34 / 10:26 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 18/12/19 / 2019-12-18 21:26:34 / December 18, 2019 @ 9:26 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70006u9m. Id of event: us70006u9m.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.
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