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USGS usb000sf5v

23 Sept 2014, 05:33

93 km SSE of Akureyri, Iceland

A magnitude 5.1 mb earthquake at 8.9 km depth.

Depth8.9 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated22 December 2025Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 93 km SSE of Akureyri, Iceland?

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64.884600, -17.504700

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usb000sf5v
Coordinates
64.8846, -17.5047
Network
us
Significance
400