A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Longyearbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. 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). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0qy. Unique identifier: us7000q0qy. The temblor was detected at 06:40:39 / 6:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location, longitude 13.7956° East, latitude 77.998° North, depth = 10 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 06:40:39 / May 22, 2025 @ 6:40 am.
Epicenter of the event was 49 km (31 miles) from Longyearbyen (c. 2 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Longyearbyen (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.
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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 49 km WSW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.
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