M5.3 earthquake north of Svalbard
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck north of Svalbard on Fri, Sep 17, 1976, 7:23 AM UTC (07:23 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mw), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-09-17 07:23:05 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 84.226° N, 0.020° W
- 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.3 and up: 0 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
Before
- 5.6north of Svalbard · 18268 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.3north of Svalbard · 18269 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
- 5.5north of Svalbard · 18269 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
- 5.5north of Svalbard · 18269 days ago · 25 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.7north of Svalbard · 18269 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
Earthquakes todaySvalbard and Jan Mayen earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem708708. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.