Earthquake details

Tuesday, August 3, 1999 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Norwegian Sea on Tuesday, August 3, 1999 at 13:55 UTC with a magnitude of 5.4. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tromsø, about 730.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 0.396 and latitude 72.261.

Magnitude	5.4
Alert	Strong
Depth	10.0 km
Coordinates	72.261, 0.396
UTC time	1999-08-03 13:55:41.410

Location	Norwegian Sea
Country	Norwegian Sea
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1999-08-03

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Tromsø	730.4 km
Bodø	768.9 km
Trondheim	1065.6 km
Molde	1096.9 km
Ålesund	1116.0 km
Luleå	1133.7 km
Rovaniemi	1168.1 km
Östersund	1169.4 km
Skellefteå	1172.7 km
Umeå	1238.9 km
Murmansk	1244.4 km
Severomorsk	1249.3 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 5.0

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-12-24 22:37 UTC

30.2 km

M 4.3

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-12-24 21:44 UTC

28.5 km

M 4.4

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-10-28 15:43 UTC

94.5 km

M 4.1

276 km ENE of Olonkinbyen

Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 2025-03-11 16:22 UTC

79.0 km

M 4.1

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2025-01-19 21:13 UTC

97.6 km

M 4.2

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2024-11-19 01:03 UTC

81.9 km

M 4.1

Norwegian Sea

Unknown · 2023-08-29 21:46 UTC

84.0 km

M 4.3

263 km ENE of Olonkinbyen

Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 2023-05-01 21:54 UTC

97.9 km

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