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Svalbard and Jan Mayen earthquakes in 2020
18 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Svalbard and Jan Mayen in 2020. The largest: M5.6 206 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Oct 30, 2020.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
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Where every quake of 2020 was located in Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 2020
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.8192 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 4.9194 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 4.5Jan Mayen Island region · 10 km deep
- 5.3203 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 5.6206 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 4.5287 km WNW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 4.9216 km SW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 5.3Jan Mayen Island region · 10 km deep
- 4.5187 km W of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 4.5279 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 5.3north of Svalbard · 10 km deep
- 5.0north of Svalbard · 10 km deep
- 4.6213 km WSW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 4.5209 km WSW of Longyearbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen · 10 km deep
- 5.5north of Svalbard · 10 km deep
- 5.0north of Svalbard · 10 km deep
- 4.6north of Svalbard · 10 km deep
- 5.2north of Svalbard · 10 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | 2 | 5.2 | north of Svalbard |
| February 2020 | 4 | 5.5 | north of Svalbard |
| March 2020 | 0 | ||
| April 2020 | 0 | ||
| May 2020 | 0 | ||
| June 2020 | 1 | 5.0 | north of Svalbard |
| July 2020 | 0 | ||
| August 2020 | 3 | 5.3 | north of Svalbard |
| September 2020 | 0 | ||
| October 2020 | 6 | 5.6 | 206 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| November 2020 | 2 | 4.9 | 194 km ENE of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen |
| December 2020 | 0 |
What this means
The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.
By year
Every year the USGS catalog covers.
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Sources
Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.