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USGS usc000tbz0

5 Jan 2015, 21:53

118 km S of Akureyri, Iceland

A magnitude 5 mb earthquake at 7.1 km depth.

Depth7.1 kmPublished hypocentral depth
Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning
Updated3 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is 118 km S of Akureyri, Iceland?

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64.637000, -17.702300

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Catalog fields and provenance
Event ID
usc000tbz0
Coordinates
64.637, -17.7023
Network
us
Significance
385