JanMayen Quake_290111
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 06:55:26 UTC

Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 06:55:26 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location
70.965°N, 6.778°W

Depth
9.5 km (5.9 miles) set by location program

Region
JAN MAYEN ISLAND REGION

Distances
560 km (350 miles) ENE of Ittoqqortoormiit (Scoresbysund), Greenld

710 km (440 miles) NNE of Neskaupstadur, Iceland

975 km (600 miles) WNW of Tromso, Norway

2010 km (1250 miles) NE of NUUK (GODTHAB), Greenland

Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.4 km (8.3 miles); depth fixed by location program

Parameters
NST=489, Nph=491, Dmin=922.8 km, Rmss=0.88 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=8

Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID
usb00015y3