Earthquake details

Thursday, August 30, 2012 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Svalbard and Jan Mayen on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at 13:43 UTC with a magnitude of 6.8. The closest known location in the current dataset is Reykjavik (Svalbard and Jan Mayen - SV), about 938.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -10.605 and latitude 71.441.

Magnitude 6.8
Alert Severe
Depth 14.0 km
Coordinates 71.441, -10.605
UTC time 2012-08-30 13:43:25.170
Location 89 km NW of Olonkinbyen
Country Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SV)
Severity Severe

Earthquake map 2012-08-30

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