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It struck at a preliminary depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The location of the earthquake was far from any populated areas, with Nanortalik in Greenland being the closest settlement\u2014more than 700 miles (1,170 kilometers) away. According to the USGS, no population was expected to have felt the tremor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC) did not issue a tsunami warning or advisory, indicating that there was &#8220;no tsunami danger for the U.S. East Coast, the Gulf of Mexico states, or the eastern coast of Canada.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Reykjanes Ridge is a seismically active underwater segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, located south of Greenland and Iceland, where the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates are slowly pulling apart. 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