Earthquake details

Friday, November 9, 1973 Earthquake

The earthquake hit north of Svalbard on Friday, November 9, 1973 at 13:42 UTC with a magnitude of 5.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tromsø, about 1834.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 31.265 and latitude 86.019.

Magnitude 5.7
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 86.019, 31.265
UTC time 1973-11-09 13:42:42.370
Location north of Svalbard
Country north of Svalbard
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1973-11-09

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