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USGS us1000eel6

30 May 2018, 11:30

Greenland Sea

A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Greenland Sea?

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

76.281600, -1.861500

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What the numbers mean

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000eel6
Coordinates
76.2816, -1.8615
Network
us
Significance
432