A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 298 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (185 miles). The temblor was picked up at 17:33:37 / 5:33 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 27/09/25 / 2025-09-27 17:33:37 / September 27, 2025 @ 5:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rhx2. Id of event: us6000rhx2. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 2.6539 East, latitude 79.0145 North, depth = 10 km.

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 298 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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