QuakeFactsEvidence report · prepared 2 September 2026https://quakes99.com/entity/us1000eel6
USGS us1000eel6
30 May 2018, 11:30
Greenland Sea
A magnitude 5.3 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.
Published location
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76.281600, -1.861500
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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us1000eel6
Coordinates
76.2816, -1.8615
Network
us
Significance
432