A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Exact location, longitude -6.458° West, latitude 70.9982° North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event id: us7000pxq9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pxq9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 14:58:53 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 07/05/25 / 2025-05-07 14:58:53 / May 7, 2025 @ 2:58 pm.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olonkinbyen (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. 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 seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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. 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: 82 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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