Earthquake details

Tuesday, February 13, 1934 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Svalbard and Jan Mayen on Tuesday, February 13, 1934 at 09:51 UTC with a magnitude of 5.6. The closest known location in the current dataset is Reykjavik (Svalbard and Jan Mayen - SV), about 791.5 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -16.066 and latitude 70.895.

Magnitude 5.6
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 70.895, -16.066
UTC time 1934-02-13 09:51:46.050
Location 268 km W of Olonkinbyen
Country Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SV)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1934-02-13

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