Earthquake details

Friday, November 9, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Svalbard and Jan Mayen on Friday, November 9, 2018 at 01:49 UTC with a magnitude of 6.7. The closest known location in the current dataset is Reykjavik (Svalbard and Jan Mayen - SV), about 943.2 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -11.243 and latitude 71.631.

Magnitude 6.7
Alert Severe
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 71.631, -11.243
UTC time 2018-11-09 01:49:40.050
Location 120 km NW of Olonkinbyen
Country Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SV)
Severity Severe

Earthquake map 2018-11-09

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