M5.4 earthquake Svalbard region
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck in the Svalbard region on Fri, Mar 30, 1973, 12:06 AM UTC (00:06 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4 (ms), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1973-03-30 00:06:52 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 76.251° N, 5.987° E
- Region
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 38
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.4 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
None recorded.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000015b (also filed as iscgemsup763482). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:24 PM UTC.