north of Franz Josef Land

A magnitude 5.9 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is north of Franz Josef Land?

This locator uses the coordinates in the approved source record. It shows geographic context, not a site boundary, safety zone or property-risk area.

86.922900, 55.200200

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

us1000ay3r

Coordinates

86.9229, 55.2002

Network

Significance

536