M6.1 earthquake Svalbard region
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in the Svalbard region on Wed, Sep 9, 1992, 1:08 PM UTC (13:08 UTC), 24 km (15 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Mw, moment), strong
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 1992-09-09 13:08:54 UTC
- Depth
- 24.0 km (14.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 76.208° N, 7.286° E
- Region
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Magnitude estimates
Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.
| Mag. | Scale | Computed by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Mw, moment | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Preferred · Reviewed |
| 6.07 | Mw, moment | ISC-GEM global catalog | Final · ±0.1 |
| 6.1 | Mwc, centroid moment | Global CMT project | Preliminary |
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR (HRV) Data Used: GDSN L.P.B.: 28S, 74C Centroid Location: Origin Time 13:08:58.3 0.2 Lat 76.12N 0.04 Lon 6.19E 0.10 Dep 15.0 FIX Half-duration 2.8 Moment Tensor; Scale 10**18 Nm Mrr=-0.71 0.02 Mtt=-0.30 0.04 Mff=1.01 0.03 Mrt=0.18 0.06 Mrf=-1.27 0.10 Mtf=0.31 0.02 Principal Axes: (T) Val=1.71 Plg=27 Azm=96 (N) Val=-0.24 Plg=16 Azm=358 (P) Val=-1.47 Plg=58 Azm=242 Best Double Couple:Mo=1.6*10**18 NP1:Strike=220 Dip=23 Slip=-46 NP2:Strike=353 Dip=74 Slip=-106
From the USGS event page for usp0005dsq. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 3.1 and up: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
Earthquakes todaySvalbard and Jan Mayen earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0005dsq (also filed as gcmtb090992a, gcmt19920909130854, iscgem272255). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:40 AM UTC.