Earthquake details

Thursday, November 15, 2018 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Svalbard and Jan Mayen on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 00:09 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Reykjavik (Svalbard and Jan Mayen - SV), about 955.3 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude -9.261 and latitude 71.301.

Magnitude 5.2
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 71.301, -9.261
UTC time 2018-11-15 00:09:05.700
Location 46 km NNW of Olonkinbyen
Country Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SV)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 2018-11-15

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
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