Earthquake details

Saturday, July 16, 1927 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Svalbard and Jan Mayen on Saturday, July 16, 1927 at 01:35 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Reykjavik (Svalbard and Jan Mayen - SV), about 821.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -16.571 and latitude 71.239.

Magnitude 5.4
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 71.239, -16.571
UTC time 1927-07-16 01:35:11.080
Location 286 km W of Olonkinbyen
Country Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SV)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1927-07-16

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