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USGS us6000mzkf

19 May 2024, 03:31

north of Svalbard

A magnitude 5.5 mww earthquake at 10 km depth.

Depth10 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated26 July 2024Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

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85.239200, 12.015100

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
us6000mzkf
Coordinates
85.2392, 12.0151
Network
us
Significance
465