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USGS us6000afj6

20 Jun 2020, 20:26

15 km N of Siglufjörður, Iceland

A magnitude 5.7 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 15 km N of Siglufjörður, Iceland?

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66.286800, -18.893400

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Nearby events with a similar magnitude

M 5.7

18 km E of Selfoss, Iceland

M 5.8

89 km NNE of Siglufjörður, Iceland

M 5.6

11 km SW of Álftanes, Iceland

M 5.6

6 km SE of Vogar, Iceland

M 5.5

20 km NNE of Siglufjörður, Iceland

M 5.5

134 km S of Akureyri, Iceland

Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000afj6
Coordinates
66.2868, -18.8934
Network
us
Significance
502