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USGS us2000ftl7

2 Jul 2018, 05:10

199 km WSW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated27 September 2018Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 199 km WSW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen?

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77.430300, 8.022500

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us2000ftl7
Coordinates
77.4303, 8.0225
Network
us
Significance
385