Earthquake details

Wednesday, September 11, 2002 Earthquake

The earthquake hit north of Svalbard on Wednesday, September 11, 2002 at 04:50 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Tromsø, about 1604.7 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -6.078 and latitude 83.136.

Magnitude 5.5
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 83.136, -6.078
UTC time 2002-09-11 04:50:32.860
Location north of Svalbard
Country north of Svalbard
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2002-09-11

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