Baffin Bay

A magnitude 6.1 mwc earthquake at 19 km depth.

Depth19 kmPublished hypocentral depth

Tsunami flagNot flaggedUSGS catalog flag, not a current warning

Updated2 May 2022Latest timestamp stored in this record

Published location

Where is Baffin Bay?

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

75.351000, -72.453000

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Catalog fields and provenance

Event ID

usp000gz0t

Coordinates

75.351, -72.453

Network

Significance

572