A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 12:01:22 / October 5, 2025 @ 12:01 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -7.9274 West, latitude 71.2917 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was detected at 12:01:22 / 12:01 pm (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rey4. Id of event: us6000rey4.

Epicenter of the event was 50 km (31 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop). Close country/countries, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Olonkinbyen.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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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: 50 km NE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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