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Sun, 5 Oct 2025, 09:16 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Svalbard and Jan Mayen was shaken near Olonkinbyen, Jan Mayen, by an earthquake of magnitude 5.2 only 7 minutes ago, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at a shallow depth of 12. km beneath the epicenter near Olonkinbyen, Jan Mayen, Svalbard & Jan Mayen, in the morning on Sunday, October 5th, 2025, at 11:08 am local time. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.1. A third agency, the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, reported the same quake at magnitude 5.2.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Olonkinbyen (pop. 14) located 51 km from the epicenter.
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