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USGS us6000dvpp

23 Mar 2021, 14:08

296 km WNW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen

A magnitude 5.4 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 296 km WNW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen?

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

79.552300, 3.684700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000dvpp
Coordinates
79.5523, 3.6847
Network
us
Significance
449