M4.5 earthquake Greenland Sea
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Greenland Sea on Sun, Aug 22, 1982, 10:07 AM UTC (10:07 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.6 Greenland Sea. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-08-22 10:07:49 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 73.284° N, 6.320° E
- Region
- Greenland
- 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
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.2Norwegian Sea · 16101 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.6Greenland Sea · 16083 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayGreenland earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001p6m. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC.