M4.5 earthquake Greenland Sea
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck in the Greenland Sea on Thu, Aug 21, 1986, 7:33 PM GMT+1 (18:33 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
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-08-21 18:33:42 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 73.807° N, 9.490° 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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todayGreenland earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002xda. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC.