July 24, 1985 Earthquake: Ubekendt Island, Greenland
A magnitude 3 earthquake struck Ubekendt Island, Greenland on July 24, 1985 at 11:00 UTC. It caused a tsunami.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- July 24, 1985
- Time
- 11:00 UTC
- Place
- Ubekendt Island, Greenland
- Magnitude
- 3
- Tsunami
- Yes: the tsunami it caused
- Epicenter
- 71.317° N, 52.250° W
- Country
- Greenland
- Region
- North America and Hawaii
The toll
The record gives no deaths, injuries or damage for this earthquake.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
A light tremor felt by one person of two-person geological team, very shortly followed by at least four pulses of a small tsunami observed by three persons. (reference #3935)
Sources NCEI cites
The publications NCEI lists for this record. The numbers match the “reference #” notes in its account above.
- #3935 Ruffman, Alan and Jean Peterson (1986). Pre-confederation Historical Seismicity of Nova Scotia with an Examination of Selected Later Events. Geomarine Associates for Canada Department of Energy Mines and Resources, Earth Physics Branch, Division of Seismology and Geomagnetism (Open File No. 1917), 900 pages in two volumes.
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Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 10979.